Home›Machine Guns And Automatic Weapons›Country of Origin›United KingdomBrowse ByUnited KingdomFactsUnited KingdomSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1884 1United KingdomFilter Results7 entriesWeapon ClassAllMachine Gun (7)Weapon FamilyAllAircraft Machine Guns (1)Heavy Machine Guns (2)Light Machine Guns (3)Multi-Barrel and Rotary Machine Guns (1)Introduced EraAll1875 (1)1884 (1)1889 (1)1914 (1)1915 (1)1928 (1)1932 (1)1934 (1)1935 (1)ManufacturerAllBirmingham Small Arms Company (1)John Inglis and Company (1)Royal Small Arms Factory (2)Savage Arms (1)Vickers (1)Vickers-Armstrongs (3)OperatorAllAustralian Defence Force (1)British Army (2)Canadian Armed Forces (1)French Armed Forces (1)Imperial Russian Army (1)Indian Army (1)Royal Air Force (2)Royal Navy (3)United States Navy (1)CaliberAll.30-06 Springfield (3).303 British (5).50 British (1)11x59mmR Gras (1)25mm (1)6.5x52mm Carcano (1)7.5×55mm Swiss (1)7.62x39mm (1)7.62x51mm NATO (1)7.62x54mmR (2)7.65x53mm Argentine (2)7.7x56mmR (1)7.92x57mm Mauser (3)7x57mm Mauser (1)8x50mmR Lebel (1)8×50mmR Mannlicher (1)Service StatusAllIn Service (2)Retired (6)Wars Used InAllBalkan Wars (1)Boxer Rebellion (1)Falklands War (1)First Matabele War (2)First Sino-Japanese War (1)Korean War (2)Mahdist War (1)Nigerian Civil War (1)Philippine-American War (1)Portuguese Conquest of the Gaza Empire (1)Russian Civil War (2)Russo-Japanese War (1)Russo-Ukrainian War (1)South African Border War (1)Spanish Civil War (1)Vietnam War (1)War of the Pacific (1)World War I (2)World War II (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 7Bren GunUnited KingdomLewis GunUnited KingdomMaxim GunUnited KingdomNordenfelt gunUnited KingdomVickers .50 machine gunUnited KingdomVickers K machine gunUnited KingdomVickers-BerthierUnited KingdomSources1. 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.