The machine-gun was a game-changing weapon of mass destruction ... In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average of 500 rounds a minute with a range of over 3,000 yards or 2,743m.
Gun expert Robert Tilney was excited to find a Vickers machine gun from 1917 A man who bought a World War One machine gun 20 years ago for £1,000 has been told it is now worthless by BBC Antiques ...
1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock ... More automatics came in rapid succession, including Browning, Luger, Mauser, and Colt models. By the turn of the century, just 8 ...
Blackwood National Museum of African American History and Culture World War I Croix de Guerre medal awarded to the 369th Infantry Regiment National Museum of American History Camouflaged Barracks for ...
The rifle that was found in Ryan Wesley Routh’s alleged sniper’s nest just outside Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach on Sept. 15. Photos were included in a detention memo filed ...
Picasso proclaimed: "C'est nous qui avons fait ca". It is us who created that. WW1: Did the machine-gun save lives? documentWW1: Did the machine-gun save lives? Despite the thousands of deaths ...
This cross-curricular teaching package encourages learners to explore and reflect on the humanitarian impact of conflict. It has been over 100 years since the start of World War One (WWI). This series ...
A tiny green refuge in Brooklyn honoring locals who died fighting in World War I is tucked away in a 3,000-square-foot park — mysteriously padlocked most days and hidden beneath overgrown brush.