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American Civil War Gatling Gun
1,581 wordsDuring the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 - 1865, over 620, 000 accounted soldiers were killed. Known as the "the first modern war", historians generally agree that the reason for this was because this was a time of transition for the military. Armies and Navies were still using tactics where they would gather large forces of firepower to bear on the enemy. At the same time, weapons were being developed which were accurate and lethal well beyond any arms of the earlier conflicts. As ...
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Russo Japanese War Gatling Gun
1,242 wordsa minute to approximately three and hurt his ability to defend himself while he loaded the awkward device. The shortcomings associated with these muzzleloader's were, in a large part, responsible for the style of battlefield tactics of the day. Smokeless gunpowder was the next major advancement to affect gun development. Smokeless gunpowder led to the development of cartridge bullets. These bullets enabled the lead shot to be pre-packaged with the gunpowder and dramatically shortened the time in...
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Trench Warfare Gatling Gun
339 wordsCivil war inventions New inventions during the Civil war lead to the development of new weaponry. Some of the new inventions include the Gatling gun, new bullets, Breech loading cannon, ironclad ships, Dahlgren gun, and trench warfare. The Gatling gun invented by Dr. Richard Gatling was a multi-barreled cannon which allowed troops to shoot multiple rounds rapidly without reloading and served as the predecessor to the machine gun. Prior to the war, it was discovered that by giving the bullet spin...
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Machine Gun Gatling Gun
1,698 wordsThe title of the book we read was The Social History of the Machine Gun. This publication basically outlined the progression of machine guns, starting with the 14 th century s organ gun and ending around 1940. This advancement through technological eras showed man s relationship with this technology and how well we dealt with the responsibility of the awesome power of the automatic weapon. First mention in 1339. No metals that could with stand the pressures of regular mass or sustain fire. Techn...
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Dien Bien Phu Ho Chi Minh
3,784 wordsBy the late 1960 s, the conflict in Vietnam had escalated to a limited war involving approximately half a million military personnel and billions of dollars a year. The American presence in Indochina had steadily increased from the Truman administration to Kennedys decision to initiate greater American involvement in 1961. The peak of 543, 000 American forces was achieved in 1969 and was the culmination of US aid to the nation of South Vietnam. The US policy since the beginning of the Cold War h...
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