Talk:Machine gun
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Hiram Maxim
That line about European killing sounds bogus, but it is real. See:
- In 1883 a friend told him, "Hang your electricity. If you want to make your fortune, invent something to help these fool Europeans kill each other more quickly!"
- Maxim took the advice. By 1885 he'd invented the first single-barrel machine gun. This "Maxim Gun" fired 666 rounds a minute, and it changed warfare.
Copied from here.[1] Not a joke. RSchlafly 18:13, 29 March 2007 (EDT)