>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 exte

>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.