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Machine guns were one of the most important weapons of World War I. In particular, the First World War was primarily a defensive war in that countries established defensive trench systems where they stopped enemy advances.
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Here’s a look at the primary machine guns used during World War I: Austro-Hungarian Schwarzlose Model 1907-12, complete with tripod set up for AA work. A reliable machine gun used in...
From its bare roots beginnings to the evolution of this iconic weapon that is still in use today, this infographic takes a look at how the machine gun came about, how it managed to almost single handedly change the outcome of WWI and subsequently change the art of war as we know it.
Rapid-firing, devastatingly effective, and widely-deployed, machine guns transformed combat and came to symbolize the mechanized slaughter of the Western Front. This article will explore the history, deployment, and impact of these fearsome weapons in The Great War.
Machine guns and rapid-firing artillery, when used in combination with trenches and barbed-wire emplacements, gave a decided advantage to the defense, since these weapons’ rapid and sustained firepower could decimate a frontal assault by either infantry or cavalry.
The 1914 machine gun, usually positioned on a flat tripod, would require a gun crew of four to six operators. In theory they could fire 400-600 small-calibre rounds per minute, a figure that was to more than double by the war's end, with rounds fed via a fabric belt or a metal strip.