https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2021-01-11 17:45:08 UTC 2025-04-07 14:43:26 UTC hello@padlet.com maria251175 https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088711939 The machine gun was built in the UK. ]]> 2021-01-14 18:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088711939 maria251175 https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088804693 According to some research, Richard Jordan Gatling invented the machine gun & Hiram Maxin built the first machine gun. ]]> 2021-01-14 19:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088804693 maria251175 https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088810241 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 WW1, changing the nature of combat. ]]> 2021-01-14 19:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088810241 maria251175 https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088923012 The machine gun allowed soldiers to rapid fire bullets at the enemy at the rate of 400 to 600 rounds per minute. This allowed defenders the ability to dominate the battlefield and cause the death of advancing. ]]> 2021-01-14 19:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088923012 maria251175 https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088946951 The machine guns are commonly mounted on fast attack vehicles such as technicals to provide heavy mobile firepower, armored vehicles such as tanks for engaging targets too small to justify use of thr primary weaponry or too fast to effectively engage with etc.]]> 2021-01-14 19:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/maria251175/wzrrnyz1fol6ycxa/wish/1088946951