In 1884 American inventor Hiram S. Maxim invented the first automatic machine gun. In 1902, his son Hiram P. Maxim invented the first silencing device for firearms. Patent number US958935A was ...

In January 1884 he set about refining his machine-gun design in a basement flat in east London. One of Maxim's early prototypes could fire 666 rounds in a minute – around 11 bullets every second.

DONETSK, May 2. /TASS/. Obsolete Maxim machine guns dating back to early last century were retrieved from weapons depots inside a coalmine in Artyomovsk (Ukrainian name Bakhmut) to be supplied to ...

Russian defense ministry press service via APAs his last battle ended more than two years ago, a new one began that saw him ...