The correct answer is (a) Beared.
Beard was a French inventor who patented the first machine gun in 1861. His machine gun was a single-barreled weapon that fired 25 rounds per minute. It was not very successful, but it was the first step in the development of the modern machine gun.
G. Brousa was a Russian inventor who patented a machine gun in 1866. His machine gun was a multi-barreled weapon that fired 100 rounds per minute. It was more successful than Beard’s machine gun, but it was still not very practical.
Karl Benz was a German inventor who is best known for inventing the first gasoline-powered car. He also patented a machine gun in 1884. His machine gun was a multi-barreled weapon that fired 200 rounds per minute. It was more successful than Beard’s or Brousa’s machine guns, but it was still not very practical.
James Pakal was a Native American inventor who patented a machine gun in 1892. His machine gun was a single-barreled weapon that fired 300 rounds per minute. It was the most successful of the early machine guns, but it was still not very practical.
The first practical machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in 1884. Maxim’s machine gun was a water-cooled, multi-barreled weapon that fired 600 rounds per minute. It was a major breakthrough in the development of firearms, and it revolutionized warfare.