https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw Made with a curious mind en-us 2021-01-12 20:33:58 UTC 2021-01-16 23:04:01 UTC hello@padlet.com yannick172987 https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094476261 Born in 1840, Hiram Maxim built the first effective machine gun in 1984, which revolutionized warfare forever.]]> 2021-01-16 22:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094476261 yannick172987 https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094478507 While no exact location of where the machine gun by Maxim was first made, many people think it was first produced in Georgia, where Maxim was figuring out a way to use the gun's recoil to reload a new bullet every time it was fired.]]> 2021-01-16 22:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094478507 yannick172987 https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094480649 At the Paris Exhibition in 1881, a man told Maxim that if he wanted to make a fortune, he should make a fast firing machine that would help these Europeans kill each other. Maxim did and sold his machine guns to European countries on the eve of World War I, changing the nature of combat.
https://www.military.com/video/guns/machine-guns/invention-of-maxim-machine-gun/3019685038001

]]> 2021-01-16 22:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094480649 yannick172987 https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094481904 Maxim machine gun was something special for its time. Being able to fire high caliber ammunition,discharging multiple bullets by activating a trigger. This would indeed change how wars are fought. At the Battle of the Somme, over one million soldiers fell in four months of machine gun warfare. ]]> 2021-01-16 22:38:21 UTC https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094481904 yannick172987 https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094482060 Modern versions of the machine gun are way lighter and more mobile. Machine guns during WW1 were believed to weigh up to 136.5 lb compared to modern machine guns weighing as little as 23.15 lb. As time goes by, technology improves by a lot. So a machine made today will outperform a 106 year old one.]]> 2021-01-16 22:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/yannick172987/g3wx8mufwp71qyrw/wish/1094482060