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While developed after the now-infamous Maxim gun, the John Browning-designed Colt-Browning M1895 machine gun has the distinction of being the first truly automatic weapon adopted by the U.S. military ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1866, Hiram Maxim, an American engineer, tried out a rifle for the first time and found himself wondering how he could make it better. The ...

the world adopted the gun and many improvements were made to it. Electric and gas-operated models of the 1890s could fire 300 rounds a minute. The last Gatling guns were manufactured in 1911. The ...

MR. HIRAM STEVENS MAXIM, the well-known American engineer, has lately brought out a new form of a machine-gun, which is attracting a great deal of attention in military and naval circles. This gun is ...