Whenever you watch action movies, you must have seen the hero or villain using a machine gun. These people, who destroy the entire area with the flurry of bullets, entertain you, but have you ever thought that who would have made the machine gun with which they create such destruction? Today we are going to tell you about the world’s first machine gun (First Automatic Machine Gun), which when it was made, people used to tremble on hearing its name.
According to the report of the Amusing Planet website, American-born British scientist Hiram Maxim invented the world’s first fully automatic machine gun. It was named after him, Maxim Gun. He made this gun in 1884. His invention changed the experience of war in the world. He was born in 1840. He was fond of making things from the very beginning. Sometimes he made a rat trap and sometimes invented an automatic fire sprinkler. His first patent was for a curling iron.
Colorized footage of Sir Hiram Maxim testing his invention, the machine gun, 1897.
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