2006-08-19 23:13:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The first true machine gun was invented in 1883 by Hiram Maxim.
2006-08-19 23:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Gatling gun was the precurser to the modern machine gun, it was more like a sequence of fixed rifles firing in sequence, as opposed to Maxims Machine Gun, which many consider to be the first 'true' machine gun.
The British Expeditionary Force was the first army in the world to employ machine guns as a standard attachment to battalions, and they were first used during the African Wars, such as the Boer War
2006-08-20 06:59:10 · answer #2 · answered by thomas p 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the Brit James Puckle had already build a gun in 1718 witch can be considered as the first machine gun
2006-08-20 12:56:10 · answer #3 · answered by general De Witte 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the Gatling gun and it was an american invention in the 19th century
2006-08-20 06:27:26 · answer #4 · answered by virginia o 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has a long history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun#History
gatling is probably who most think of when they think first machine gun. "The Gatling gun, patented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling, was the first to offer controlled, sequential automatic fire with automatic loading.".
2006-08-20 06:20:31 · answer #5 · answered by altgrave 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think the Germans did it in the first or second world war
2006-08-20 06:17:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
bloke called Gatlin-- hence the Gatlin gun.
2006-08-20 06:18:49 · answer #7 · answered by John E 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋