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English: Hiram Stevens Maxim leaning on his first automatic gun.

Original caption: The First Automatic Gun

This gun fired at the rate of 666 shots per minute, but only a few of them were made. It was followed by a much smaller, cheaper, and lighter gun which has become the standard for the world.
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Source Hiram Stevens Maxim (1915) "Chapter XV" in My Life (2nd ed.), London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., p. 172–173 OCLC: 1686350.
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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