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Machine Guns

Atilio Eduardo Bordes Cobos

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Machine Guns: Defnition

  It is a weapon operated by a mechanism,

able to deliver a fast and continous fire of

bullets as long as the trigger is pressed.

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  Machine guns could shoot hundreds of rounds

of ammunition a minute and the standard

military tactic of World War One was the infantrycharge. Many soldiers barely got out of

their trench before they were killed.

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  In 191, all infantry battalions were e!uipped

with a machine gun section of two guns.

"hese were e!uipped with Ma#im guns. Ithad a ma#imum rate of fire of $%% rounds.

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  "he e#perience of fighting in the early

clashes &'irst (attle of )pres* proved that the

machine guns re!uired special tactics andorgani+ation.

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Machine Guns in World

War    single well-placed and protected machine gun

could kill great range of attacking infantry. nd

multiple machine guns, were a very destructive

defensive weapon.

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Sources

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ail.asp0smallarmsid2134

  http//www.dublin-fusiliers.com/weapons.html

  http//www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/mach

ineguns.htm

  http//www.historylearningsite.co.uk/machine

 guns.htm