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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
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Did they have machine guns in the 1940s?
Yes, machine guns were used in WW2.
What guns were used during the Holocaust?
machine guns and rifles
What is a machine gun ammunition?
Did you want to know what calibers were used in machine guns or perhaps what cartridges are for machine guns only.
Who first used machine guns in ww1?
All sides already possessed them before the war.
Why were machine guns used?
Efficiency
When was machine guns invented?
The first machine gun was the gatling gun, invented in 1861 There were a variety of multi barrelled guns invented prior to this, but they are not considered to be machine guns.
What types of guns did they use in the battle of somm?
it used machine guns
Where were machine guns used?
Machine guns were first used in the trenches of the First World War. They were mainly used as defensive weapons because they were too heavy to carry, and they required three or so men to operate them. The first true rapid fire gun, the Gatling gun, was used after the Civil War in engagements against Indian tribes.
Who used the machine guns?
Every country
What about machine guns in WW1?
Used extensively.
Which country used machine guns?
All of them.
Which country was the first to use machine guns in ww1?
All of the major players possessed machine guns by the outbreak of the war.
