600 Rounds Per Minute in 1884 — How One Gun Changed War Forever | The Story of Maxim Gun

Описание: The Maxim Gun was the first truly automatic machine gun ever invented, and it changed warfare forever. In this video, we explore how American inventor Hiram Maxim created a weapon that would kill millions in World War 1, dominate colonial warfare, and establish the blueprint for every modern machine gun used today.

🔫 IN THIS VIDEO:
How Hiram Maxim invented the first automatic machine gun in 1884
The deadly Battle of Omdurman where 20 Maxim guns faced 50,000 warriors
Why the Maxim gun made WWI trench warfare so deadly
The Battle of the Somme and machine gun massacres
How the Maxim gun shaped modern military tactics
The controversial legacy of the world's first automatic weapon

The Maxim machine gun used recoil operation to fire 600 rounds per minute - 40 times faster than a rifle. British, German, and Russian forces all used variants of the Maxim in WW1, leading to unprecedented casualties. This is the story of how one invention changed the nature of war itself.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - INTRODUCTION
0:44 - ACT 1: THE INVENTOR
2:10 - ACT 2: THE SALES PITCH FROM HELL
3:46 - ACT 3: THE GREAT WAR
5:44 - ACT 4: THE LEGACY

📚 SOURCES & FURTHER READING:
"The Social History of the Machine Gun" by John Ellis
Imperial War Museums archives
Smithsonian National Museum of American History

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