Maxim Nordenfeld Arms - The Best Gun of the Age

Basil Zahaarov took control of Maxim Nordenfeld arms in 1886. He merged it with Vickers Thomas Vickers, the second largest English manufacturer of arms. In 1890 his Vickers guns became the sole supplier of naval weaponry for the British Empire. The period from 1877 to 1914 when he's the chief representative of probably the biggest arms company in the world was also the most significant arms buildup that has ever happened.