Yes. and just a correction the Thompson is not a machine gun its a sub machine gun because it shoots pistol caliber rounds get your facts straight
While some would say the Gatling gun was the first,I consider the Maxim machine gun the first true full auto machine gun.
The first true machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in the United Kingdom.
the Maxim machinegunMaxim machine gun.
The aircraft mounted machine gun was at first simply a ground machine mounted for a gunner to fire. All sides in WW1 used it. The first successful machine gun fired by a pilot was the Lewis machine gun on a special mounting attached to the top wing, allowing the gun to fire over the propellor.
Tommy gun
The first was the gatling gun invented in 1862
The stick magazine fed hand cranked gatling gun was probably the first machine gun produced.These were in use around 1875-1880.
the first rapid fire gun was the hand crannked gatling gun used in the civil war but the maxim was the first true machine gun which was developed not long after the gatling
Hiram Maxim
Britain
london 1718