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14.5x114mm

This dimension groups weapon systems by their caliber. Wikipedia notes that weapons range "from simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons," firearms whose bore size is measured precisely as caliber. Browsing by caliber keeps weapon systems built to the same specification grouped together.

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1. Wikipedia: Machine gun
WikipediaMachine gun, History, Maxim and World War I section
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The first practical self-powered machine gun was invented in 1884 by Sir Hiram Maxim.
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