I believe it was John Browning ??
It was created and patented by FN Hersal, the gun company.
In 1846, Elias Howe patented the first sewing machine.
It was patented in 1883
Britain. The first known ancestor of multi-shot weapons was created by James Puckle (a London lawyer) who patented "The Puckle Gun" on May 15th 1718
Thomas Edison invented a machine that was intended for engraving and Samuel O' Reilly later made some modifications to Edison's design and then patented it as a tattoo machine.
You are probably thinking of an externally powered machine gun, such as the 25mm autocannon on the M3 Bradley. However, manually powered chain guns, such as the Josselyn Revolver were patented in 1866.
Patented in 1718.
Those are dates when a portion of the gun was patented.
1869
light machine gun is the m249 a medium machine gun is the m240 and the heavy machine gun is the browning m2 50. cal machine gun
The self powered or fully automatic "machine gun" (as compared to hand cranked rapid fire guns, like the Gatling Gun) was invented and patented by USA born Hiram Stevens Maxim (1840-1916) who subsequently emigrated to England and became a naturalized British Subject, who was subsequently Knighted by Queen Victoria.
The Gatling gun was designed in 1861 and patented in 1862