The first one manufactured in Germany was the Maxim Model 08, which they had to licence from the British, and which was designed by an American. After the war, "German" machine guns get a bit iffy... the Treaty of Versailles prevented Germany from developing military arms, so, as a loophole, they did their military development outside of Germany, in countries such as Sweden and the Soviet Union.
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.
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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.
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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
The machine gun can shoot 400 to 500 bullets per minute, however, it wasn't that accurate.
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