Some form of rapid fire gun has been in existence since about 1580. What is now considered a true machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in the mid 1890's in England.
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.
It wasn't soldiers who invented machine guns.
1884 for machine guns.
They were mainly invented for world war I in 1914
They were not yet invented- did not exist.
The Thompson sub-machinegun was marketed in 1919.
Chlorine gas, machine guns, tanks, and planes were used for war.
1883, with the first prototype demonstrated in 1884.
They wwere not. They were invented many years earlier. Why were they used? Because they were effective weapons.
Machine guns. Machine guns mowed people down in waves, until the British invented the tank and the USA joined the Allies in 1917.
No. Machine guns will beat Gatling guns.
Machine guns.