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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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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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http//www.dublin-fusiliers.com/weapons.html
http//www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/mach
ineguns.htm
http//www.historylearningsite.co.uk/machine
guns.htm
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