Quote Originally Posted by Pa1963 View Post
The oddest thing to me was that every country used them, and that even enemy countries paid licensing fees to Vickers.
Actually, the patent was by Hiram Maxim. The US did not want to purchase the rights. They believed the Gatling gun was enough at the time. The Russians, Germans and English did purchase manufacturing rights from Sir Hiram Maxim. It was not a Vickers license.