In 1718, British inventor James Puckle patented what may have been the world's first machine gun - a tripod-mounted, ...

For the first half of the 20th century, one of the most important firearms in the U.S. military arsenal was the water-cooled ...

The Five Best US Machine Guns Ever Produced: The United States military has produced some incredible machine guns throughout history, but worldwide, the machine gun has changed warfare forever.

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In 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act, which barred the private sale and ownership of machine guns. The act grandfathered in machine guns that were registered with ...

The belt-fed machine gun might be the norm these days, but in 1874 it was rather new. Early belt-fed weapons existed as far back as 1855 in the form of chain rifles, but the Bailey gun brought a ...