The first automatic portable machinegun in the world was invented and created by Hiram Maxim in 1884. Maxim used the energy of each bullet's recoil force to eject the spent cartridge, insert the next and fire it. This allowed the Machinegun to shoot as long as the shooter wanted to shoot, or until the bullet belt would run out of bullets.
The Maxim Gun was adopted by the British Army in 1889. The machinegun was first used by the British colonial forces in the Matable war in 1893-1894. …
