This Gun Was One of the Very First Machine Guns

Name: This Gun Was One of the Very First Machine Guns
Uploaded: 2020-04-01T15:10:54Z
Duration: 2 min 8 s
Description: 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 result was the Maxim gun – the word’s first recoil-operated machine gun.

From:The Power of Destruction

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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 result was the Maxim gun – the word’s first recoil-operated machine gun.