They were very effective at killing people. MG's could repel massive attacks and waves of enemy combatants as well as provide suppressing fire so your unit could move, get fire superiority, or get fire superiority on it's own.
for killing people
Killing as many people as possible.
Much of the war was fought in trenches.
Speaking on a general level: WWI was the war of the 'big guns' and the machine guns, WW II of the tanks and air power.
Answer One of the most poplar machine guns was the Maxim, which was named after its inventor.
All the armies in WW1 used it. By the early 1900's machine guns had become standard in the world's armies. However, machine guns of that time were heavy and best suited to a defensive role, and Germany used them most effectively in this way.
There were many different types of machinery and weapons used during the war. Rifles, torpedo's, gas and machine guns were all weapons of choice. Tanks, Zeppelins and planes were all used as well.
Used extensively.
rifles and machine guns
machine guns, mustard gas, tanks
All of them. Very popular weapon.
machine guns, mustard gas, tanks
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
Machine guns, tanks, airplanes, and poison gas.
All sides already possessed them before the war.
Kill people
Everyone. Everyone had them before the war even began.
Mustard and chlorine gas. As well as machine guns.
machine guns were basically used the same way as they are now, but far more dangerous. At the squeeze of a trigger they could fire 500 to 1000 rounds per minute