Ancient Greek polybolos machine gun is one of the most fascinating warfare inventions in antiquity, shooting and reloading multiple bolts.

Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn’t a new concept by any means, with the notion of rapid fire volleys being something dating back to the Age of ...

The Maxim gun was the world’s first true machine gun - a weapon that fundamentally changed the nature of warfare. Invented in ...

In 1866, Hiram Maxim, an American engineer, tried out a rifle for the first time and found himself wondering how he could make it better. The result was the Maxim gun – the word’s first ...