Society before Hiram Stevens Maxim was under pressure and prompted to make multiple inventions that were being created all in the same era to improve different aspects of technology. Hiram Stevens Maxim was born in 1840 and died in 1916. Maxim had 2 marriages, along with 3 kids. He was an American born British inventor who became famous for inventing the Maxim gun, the world's first portable fully automatic machine gun. His sensational creation transformed military abilities and tactics globally. Hiram Stevens Maxim's invention of the machine gun changed how wars were fought by making guns shoot faster. This meant battles were no longer about just soldiers and their movements, but also about who had the most firepower. It was a big deal in history, changing how countries …show more content…
These guns, or their successors, are in use in nearly every army of the world with only very minor changes in dimension or design.” (Jacobs) With so much success happening with countries and armies using the machine gun, it went global on the eve of World War I. This has a huge impact on the political standpoint, due to what the gun could do. Machine guns are still used every day globally, which has impacted modern warfare greatly and will do so for a very long time. Maxim's automatic machine gun transformed warfare, changing societal views from glory to brutality. The Italian navy received Maxims, which later was used by the Italian army during campaigns in East and North Africa. “The first Maxims went to the Italian navy, although the Italian army subsequently used large numbers of them in its campaigns in East and North Africa” (Bruce Vandervort 50) Different branches of the military were connecting with each other to talk about the machine gun. Maxims guns, made by many different manufacturers worldwide, are used in almost every army with only slight design