Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Country of Origin›ItalyBrowse ByItalyFactsItalySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 1ItalyFilter Results1 entryWeapon ClassAllMachine Gun (1)Introduced EraAll1928 (1)ManufacturerAllBreda (1)OperatorAllRegia Aeronautica (1)CaliberAll.303 British (1).50 caliber (1)Service StatusAllRetired (1)Wars Used InAllSecond Sino-Japanese War (1)Six-Day War (1)Spanish Civil War (1)World War II (1)Show ResultsBreda-SAFAT machine gunItalySources1. 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.