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Guns That Changed The Game

The first truly automaticmachine gun was developed in 1884by a remarkable man

The first truly automatic
machine gun was developed in 1884
by a remarkable man

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The first truly automatic machine gun was
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developed in 1884 by a remarkable man.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:35
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Hirschman/Northern Productions

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As each new century unfolded, guns increasingly shaped the way battles were fought and borders were drawn. The quest to create more innovative and lethal weapons became more and more contested. These are the Guns the Changed the G...
S01 • E01 And the United States Armed Forces - Guns That Changed The Game 00:09
And the United States Armed Forces
S01 • E03 Rounds can be fired as quickly as the trigger is pulled. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:05
Rounds can be fired as quickly as the trigger is pulled.
S01 • E03 With its effective range more than 100 yards greater than single - Guns That Changed The Game 00:15
With its effective range more than 100 yards greater than si...
S01 • E02 Born in the United States in Maine, Hiram Maxim was apprenticed - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
Born in the United States in Maine, Hiram Maxim was apprenti...
S01 • E02 He later worked as an instrument maker and draughtsman - Guns That Changed The Game 00:09
He later worked as an instrument maker and draughtsman
S01 • E01 In January, just months before Germany's unconditional surrender - Guns That Changed The Game 00:14
In January, just months before Germany's unconditional ...
S01 • E02 Afflicted with bronchitis since childhood, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
Afflicted with bronchitis since childhood,
S01 • E03 The Cold War rivalry between the United States - Guns That Changed The Game 00:11
The Cold War rivalry between the United States
S01 • E02 He also invented a curling iron and an automatic fire sprinkler. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
He also invented a curling iron and an automatic fire sprink...
S01 • E02 He developed and installed the first electric - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
He developed and installed the first electric
S01 • E01 American soldiers carried it at Normandy, Okinawa and Inchon - - Guns That Changed The Game 00:14
American soldiers carried it at Normandy, Okinawa and Inchon...
S01 • E03 It triggered an arms race unlike anything the world had seen. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:05
It triggered an arms race unlike anything the world had seen...
S01 • E02 He claimed to have invented the light bulb - Guns That Changed The Game 00:07
He claimed to have invented the light bulb
S01 • E03 Under the tenuous doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:09
Under the tenuous doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction,
S01 • E02 In 1882, in Vienna, Maxim met an American who advised him, - Guns That Changed The Game 00:08
In 1882, in Vienna, Maxim met an American who advised him,
S01 • E03 Fortunately, the next game changing gun was never fired in anger. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
Fortunately, the next game changing gun was never fired in a...
S01 • E02 "If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable - Guns That Changed The Game 00:08
"If you want to make a pile of money, invent something ...
S01 • E02 He moved to England in 1884 and began work on automatic weapons. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:06
He moved to England in 1884 and began work on automatic weap...
S01 • E01 John Garand was a French-Canadian from Montreal. - Guns That Changed The Game 00:04
John Garand was a French-Canadian from Montreal.
S01 • E02 He built the world's first true machine gun using an action - Guns That Changed The Game 00:13
He built the world's first true machine gun using an ac...