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The most feared weapons in the history of mankind

From the flaming fury of Greek Fire to the to the deadly efficiency of the Maxim Machine Gun. Join us as we uncover 15 ...
Opinion
Forgotten Weapons on MSNOpinion

This machine gun was supposed to be the future - soldiers hated it

We explore how the Soviet Union sought to replace the aging Maxim by tasking Degtyarev in the late 1920s with creating a single, air-cooled machine gun capable of infantry, vehicle, and anti-aircraft ...
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This Gun Was One of the Very First Machine Guns

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1866, Hiram Maxim, an American engineer, tried out a rifle for the first time and found himself wondering how he could make it better. The ...
The National Interest

Maxim Gun

Key Point: During just one day in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme the British lost 21,000 men – many of them killed by Spandau machine guns, the German version of the ...