Today in Machine Gun History
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Historical Events
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1718-05-15 - James Puckle, a London lawyer, patents world's 1st machine gun
1862-10-30 - Dr Richard Gatling patents machine gun
1862-11-03 - Dr Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis)
1898-09-02 - Machine gun 1st used in battle
1912-06-07 - US army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane
1914-09-09 - World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
Famous Birthdays
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1818-09-12 - Richard Jordan Gatling, US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)
