In many ways, not that much different. However, I have shot machine guns from both eras and the weight difference is significant! The plastics and metal alloys have improved the maneuverability a lot.
Germany had thirty to forty different weapons in World War I. Some of these were artillery, pistols, special weapons such as a flame thrower, machine guns and ships.
Yes, they did have machine guns in WW2
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
the machine guns
Machine guns, tanks, airplanes, chemical warfare
Severak different people inented a type of early rapid fire gun. As we know it today, it was invented by Hiram Maxim.
No
Machine guns have a higer rate of fire and so they shoot bulets faster
Machine guns were in use BEFORE WW 1. They were around for the entire war.
Most of the parties involved already had machine guns in their inventory prior to the outbreak of the First World War.
They've become lighter and more adaptable to different applications.
In World War 2 there were three types of machine guns used: squad support weapon, medium machine gun, and Heavy Machine gun such as the Browning M2, and the M1919