It wasn't. The machine gun has it's advantages and disadvantages, just like every other gun. It was renown for for its ability to spray out a lot of bullets very quickly. However, like all other guns, it has it's drawbacks. MG's are heavy, use a lot of ammunition, and require constant cleaning. As to your question, they aren't. You have to use the right gun for the job.
define better.
a flamethrower is better because it makes people suffer has long range has a wider range and dosent need accuracy
The Metal Storm is the World's fastest machine gun. It fires 1660 bullets in every second up to 1 million rounds per minute without having someone to crank it up. The Metal Storm can be an unmanned machine gun and can open fire automatically because the computer is operating the machine gun. No other machine gun in the World can fire as fast as the metal storm at that kind of firing speed. Metal Storm is one of the fastest machine gun in the World and can fire more bullets much faster than other machine guns. Metal Storm is not an actual machine gun. It is a volley gun. See the Related Question below for a better discussion of what a real machine gun is, and which has the highest rate of fire.
All of them - if a machine gun needs a part to function, then you'd better believe it's as good as any other.
The purpose of inventing the machine gun was to have better fire power during the wars to defends places and win positions and the war.
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
That's a matter of opinion.
No their about the same
You are better off using gun oil, or at least a machine oil like sewing machine oil. Vegetable oil kind of smells, olive oil works better, but these organic oils are not as desirable as gun oil. You can use baby oil in a pinch, for a few months at a time. It is better than nothing, but you should wipe it down and replace it with a decent gun oil when you have a chance.
A sub-machine gun fires pistol cartridges. A machine gun fires rifle rounds.
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Well,whoever asked this question about machine gun's must not know that much about guns by just saying ''machine gun''.Anyways it depends on the type of machine gun.sub-machine guns aren't that accurate and there range isn't that good.Light-machine guns are much more accurate and have alot better range.Heavy-machine guns can shoot very fast and hard and they too are pretty accurate.When someone just says ''machine gun'' they mainly are just referring to a regular one-person operated gun that you hold and doesn't weigh very much and that is a sub-machinegun.All in all it Depends on the gun,catridge,and type of machine gun.