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Ian, on the you tube channel Forgotten Weapons talks about this when covering water cooled machine guns form the great war. Nobody in the establishment knew wh
by gonzo41 6y ago
Ian, on the you tube channel Forgotten Weapons talks about this when covering water cooled machine guns form the great war.
Nobody in the establishment knew what the mechanization of death with automatic machine guns was going to be like.
- neffy 6y agoNot entirely true. But the ones who were paying attention to the American Civil War, which provided ample warning, were widely ignored.
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago>Nobody in the establishment knew what the mechanization of death with automatic machine guns was going to be like. Machine guns had already been employed extensively in colonial conflicts. Everyone was familiar with them and how they effected tactics. People just didn't know that a war with both sides having them combined with modern artillery would turn into an entrenched stalemate.
- inglor_cz 6y agoThe siege of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese war was precisely this kind of industrial carnage that later repeated itself in Flanders.