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The Maxim gun was a weapon invented by American-born British inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim in 1884: it was the first recoil-operated machine gun in production. 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. Type: Machine gun Place of origin: United Kingdom In service: 1886–1959 Used by: British Empire, Romania, United States, Belgium, Canada, German Empire, French Third Republic, Russian Empire, Qing Dynasty, Empire of Japan, Iran, Korean Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Italy, First Philippine Republic, Dervish State, Kingdom of Serbia, Paraguay, Argentina, Republic of China, USSR, Spain, Soviet China, Naz* Germany, Vichy France, Poland, Finland, North Korea, Albanian Kingdom Wars: Chaco War, Mahdist War, Dervish Resistance, First Sino-Japanese War, Second Boer War, Boxer Rebellion, Russo-Japanese War, Herero War, Philippine Revolution, Spanish–American War, Philippine–American War, Finnish Civ