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Q: What impact did rapid fire machine guns have on the course of the war?
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What are the two chief technological developments of World War 1?

the machine gun and the rapid-fire field artillery gun


What are 4 new weapons used in world war 1?

Some new weapons used in WWI were poison gas, armored tanks, rapid-fire machine guns, zeppelins (large gas filled balloons) and German U-boats (submarines).


What did Walter Winchell have to do with the cold war?

Flash! Mr. Winchell was known to have a rapid-fire machine-Gun like delivey which would tend to produce excitement if not panic. a Winchell announcement that there is no cause for alarm ( say, following a successful Bomb Test) might have the opposite effect. Winchell was an alarmist , but had a popular, tactical style that immediately flagged attention. Today it would be considered somewhat hackney akin to the phony excitement of some Newscasts and Newscasters such as WINS with Marimbas, drum beats and terse- rapid fire commentary.


Why was the minie ball important?

It permitted very rapid loading of a rifle, permitting a high rate of accurate fire.


What new inventions made the biggest impact in World War 1?

Some of the new inventions that made a significant impact in World War 1 include the machine gun, which revolutionized warfare by allowing for rapid and continuous fire. Another important invention was the tank, which introduced armored vehicles and changed the dynamics of ground warfare. Additionally, chemical weapons, such as poison gas, were developed and used for the first time during this war, causing widespread devastation.

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What is a rapid fire round in a quiz show?

Short questions, quick answers. The analogy being the rapid fire of a repeater rifle or machine gun.


What led to the trench warfare?

Weapons like machine guns could easily kill troops in the open.


Inventor of the first machine gun?

Hiram Maxim. Other earlier rapid fire guns, such as the Gatling Gun, were not true machine guns.


Does Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 have rapid fire detection?

yes of course it does!


What are the two chief technological developments of World War 1?

the machine gun and the rapid-fire field artillery gun


Does rapid fire exist on smg's?

Yes, you can get rapid fire on the smg's.


Which is better jitter mod or rapid fire mod?

Rapid fire


Why was machine gun successful?

Before the development of a rapid fire firearm (the machine gun) the fastest you could shoot would be with repeater rifles which couldn't hold as much ammunition as a machine gun could.


What is the difference between Nerf n-strike rapid fire cs-20 and Nerf n-strike rapid fire as-20?

The rapid fire cs-20 is not real. I think what you mean is the Raider Rapid Fire CS-35.It has a 35 dart drum magazine.And the Nerf Rapid Fire AS-20 doesn't.


What was the first rapid fire gun?

You must go into detail on what you mean by "rapid fire" in order to get an answer.


Are machine guns the World's fastest rapid firing weapons?

Most machine guns fire several hundred rounds in every second, they fire bullets that are much faster than the speed of sound but they can also spray several thousand bullets in 1 minute. There is a machine gun called metal storm. The metal storm is the fastest rapid firing machine gun in the World. It fires up to several thousand rounds in 1 second up to 1,000,000 rounds per minute. Metal storm have 36 barrels wiches make metal storm a very fast machine gun. The answer is yes, machine guns are the World's fastest rapid firing weapons.


Who invetned machine guns?

Severak different people inented a type of early rapid fire gun. As we know it today, it was invented by Hiram Maxim.