Not sure whether this helps - but an ancestor embarked from Marseilles 21 November 1916 and disembarked at Salonika 29 November. He was a private in the 1/14th London Regiment (London Scottish) - and his grandson says that he was a machine gunner. He left Salonika by sea and disembarked at Alexandria 3 July 1917.
A Lewis gun was an early type of machine gun used in WW1.
the machine gun
I believe it was improved later on after WW1
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
There are no figures for the total number of casualties caused by machine guns in WW1. But an internet search found an example of the effectiveness of the weapon - On the first day of the Somme Offensive, the British lost 60.000 soldiers mostly due to machine gun fire.
A Lewis gun was an early type of machine gun used in WW1.
the machine gun
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THE MACHINE GUN and THE POISONUS GAS
I believe it was improved later on after WW1
The machine gun, the submarine, new warship designs.
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
There are no figures for the total number of casualties caused by machine guns in WW1. But an internet search found an example of the effectiveness of the weapon - On the first day of the Somme Offensive, the British lost 60.000 soldiers mostly due to machine gun fire.
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The aircraft mounted machine gun was at first simply a ground machine mounted for a gunner to fire. All sides in WW1 used it. The first successful machine gun fired by a pilot was the Lewis machine gun on a special mounting attached to the top wing, allowing the gun to fire over the propellor.
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Stermgewehr. Also known as Mp44 and Stg-44. Browning 1919 No, no, no. The Sturmgewehr (aka Mp43 or Stg44) was the first assault rifle used in WW2. The Browning M1919 was not made until WW1 ended. Most of the machine guns used in WW1 were based on the Maxim design. They were heavy and cooled by water, but they would fire indefinitely as long as ammo and water were available. The Lewis machine gun used by the British was lighter and cooled by air. After WW1, water-cooled machine began to fade away slowly. The Browning M1919 was basically the same machine gun used in WW1 but converted to air cooling instead of water.