Impacts of the Machine Gun
The machine gun killed millions of soldiers, very easily. This gun allowed many rounds to be shot at once without having to reload Any army that tried to infiltrate another had a very high risk of losing many soldiers. Soldiers who were also at, or near, the front lines had a very large risk of getting shot and killed by a machine gun. Warfare tactics had to change so they weren't losing so many men. Civilians who were living near the fighting also had a large risk of dying as well. Since this gun could shoot a lot at once a soldier could shoot anything he saw without checking to make sure it was an enemy that they meant to kill. The machine gun was the best and worst weapon invented. It caused way more casualties than any gun, and isn't the most fair way to fight. But at the same time they were easy to use and could kill many people in a single round.
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The machine gun started out has a very heavy gun that was hard to transport. It originally could only be moved by a wagon, or pulled by animals. But as the machine gun evolved, it became lighter and easier to use. As world war 1 went on the machine gun became accessible in many other places than just on the ground. The armies could put them on airplanes or tanks, even on their naval ships. Even when the first world war was over they still continued to grow and change, and then were used in World War 2. In the second World War they became much more portable, and the best gun there was, was the German MG42. Even now it continues to change. As of right now the army has 112 different types of machine guns and they are still used in modern day warfare.
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