The Salvator-Dormus M1893, also known as the Škoda M1893, was an Austro-Hungarian heavy machine gun designed by Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria and Georg von Dormus and manufactured by Škoda Works in Plzeň. It was chambered for the 8×50mmR Mannlicher cartridge and used a water-cooled barrel and an overhead magazine. The weapon entered production in the 1890s and was later supplemented and replaced in Austro-Hungarian service by newer machine guns, including the Schwarzlose MG M.07/12. The M1893 incorporated an adjustable mechanism that allowed its cyclic rate of fire to be regulated between approximately 180 and 250 rounds per minute. It was used by Austro-Hungarian forces during the Boxer Rebellion, including during the defence of the Austro-Hungarian legation in Peking in 1900. Contemporary photographs show the weapon mounted on tripods and naval landing carriages, indicating that it was used in more than one mounting configuration.
== See also == List of delayed-blowback firearms
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== External links == [1] [2] [3] Fowler, W., Sweeny, P. (2007, 2011). "The World Encyclopedia of Rifles and Machine Guns", JG Press
[4] United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902, "Notes of Military Interest for 1901, Issue 36", page 129
