World War 1 Technology Padlet by Ashley Cortez-Sanchez [STUDENT] https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind Made with big dreams en-us 2021-01-11 20:39:51 UTC 2021-01-19 19:54:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Where was the technology invented? ashley252420 https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1102773662 It was invented in World war 1. In the United States, 1844. The mechanism of the Maxim gun employed one of the earliest recoil-operated firing systems in history.]]> 2021-01-19 18:36:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1102773662 Who invented the technology? ashley252420 https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1102978726 A gun based on his design became standard issue for the British Army during World War I, which became known as "the machine gun war." In 1884, Hiram Maxim built the first effective machine gun, which revolutionized warfare.]]> 2021-01-19 19:16:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1102978726 Why was this technology invented? ashley252420 https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1103017752 At the Paris Exhibition in 1881, a man told Maxim that if he wanted to make a fortune, he should invent a 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.]]> 2021-01-19 19:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1103017752 How was the technology innovative and how did it change warfare? ashley252420 https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1103079058 At the start of the war, all participant nations had horse cavalry forces, but the use of these units declined quickly due to the machine gun. Early machine guns were hand cranked, but by the end of World War 1. Machine guns were fully automatic weapons that fired bullets rapidly up to 450-600 rounds a minute.]]> 2021-01-19 19:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1103079058 Provide modern examples of the technology ashley252420 https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1103146102 There are many different machine guns and at the start of World War 1 there was only 1 machine gun. There are a lot of changes to tactics and strategy. Modern machine guns are classified into three groups. The light machine gun, medium machine gun and heavy machine gun.]]> 2021-01-19 19:53:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ashley252420/o858zsf1drr9uind/wish/1103146102