[PAR] [TLE] Maxim gun [SEP] The Maxim gun was a weapon invented by American-British inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1883: it was the first recoil-operated machine gun.  It has been called "the weapon most associated with the British imperial conquest", and likewise was used in colonial wars by other countries between 1886–1914. [PAR] [TLE] MG 08 [SEP] The "Maschinengewehr" 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun.  It was produced in a number of variants during the war.  The MG 08 served during World War II as a heavy machine gun in many German infantry divisions, although by the end of the war it had mostly been relegated to second-rate fortress units.
[PAR] [TLE] Maxim gun [ SEP ] The Maxim gun was a weapon invented by American - British inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1883 : it was the first recoil - operated machine gun . It has been called " the weapon most associated with the British imperial conquest " , and likewise was used in colonial wars by other countries between 1886–1914 . [PAR] [TLE] MG 08 [ SEP ] The " Maschinengewehr " 08 , or MG 08 , was the German Army 's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim 's original 1884 Maxim gun . It was produced in a number of variants during the war . The MG 08 served during World War II as a heavy machine gun in many German infantry divisions , although by the end of the war it had mostly been relegated to second - rate fortress units .
The MG 08 machine gun was an adaptation of a gun invented by who?
The MG 08 machine gun was an adaptation of a gun invented by who ?
Hiram Stevens Maxim
Hiram Stevens Maxim