Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Country of Origin›French Third RepublicBrowse ByFrench Third RepublicFactsFrench Third RepublicSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 1French Third RepublicFilter Results2 entriesWeapon ClassAllMachine Gun (2)Weapon FamilyAllHeavy Machine Guns (1)Light Machine Guns (1)Introduced EraAll1914 (1)1925 (1)ManufacturerAllHotchkiss et Cie (1)Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault (1)OperatorAllFinnish Defence Forces (1)French Armed Forces (1)Israeli Defense Forces (1)CaliberAll11x59mmR Gras (1)7.5x54mm (1)7.5×54mm French (1)8x50mmR Lebel (1)Service StatusAllRetired (2)Wars Used InAllCambodian Civil War (1)Chinese Civil War (1)First Indochina War (2)Ifni War (2)Laotian Civil War (1)Mexican Revolution (1)Russian Civil War (1)Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1)Second Sino-Japanese War (1)Spanish Civil War (2)Vietnam War (1)World War I (1)World War II (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 2FM 24/29 light machine gunFrench Third RepublicHotchkiss Mle 1914 Machine GunFrench Third RepublicSources1. Wikipedia: Machine guntier 2WikipediaMachine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionQuote, Machine gun, History, Maxim and World War I sectionThe first practical self-powered machine gun was invented in 1884 by Sir Hiram Maxim.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.