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I have been really enjoying The Great War series, so I figured I ought to take advantage of an opportunity to look at several WWI heavy machine guns side by side. This is a video to give some historical context to the guns, and not a technical breakdown of exactly how they work (that will come later). These really were the epitome of industrialized warfare, and they wrought horrendous destruction on armies of the Great War.
The guns covered here are the German MG08, British Vickers, and French Hotchkiss 1914.
Hammer Prices:
Vickers: $20,000
MG08: $11,000
Hotchkiss 1914: $7,000
Other heavies used in the war include the Austrian Schwarzlose 1907/12, the Russian 1905 and 1910 Maxims, the Italian Fiat-Revelli, and the American Browning 1895. The book I was quoting from towards the end was Dolf Goldsmith’s unmatched work on the Maxim, The Devil’s Paintbrush.
ive only ever seen one in a short clip if you have the time and want to could you do a video on the american m1 watercooled 50cal im interested in learning more thanks for all the videos
Just rewatching this after watching Blueprint for Armagedon, if you like forgotten wepons I'd check it out. It's an amazing podcast.
Wait but wasn't the Chaucat Machine Rifle the standard french machine gun? Wait no that is the standard LMG not their HMG and with the british the LMG was the Lewis gun and the vickers was the HMG
how many rounds can you safely fire continuously out of maxim without water?
Do defensive hmgs have much of a role anymore? They all seem to be using lmgs for a more aggressive support role.
7 days…
Great presentation!
wow so many likes to dislikes ratio I have never seen this many likes
"The whole nine yards* slang didnt come from WWI or WWII mg belts.
do you suppose you could make a cup of tea while firing your gun, boiling the water in the water jacket
I love you videos. Thanks!
Aguante Indy Neidell!! Excelente programa, felicitaciones!!
9yds, the length of a .50 cal fighter aircraft belt.
Brilliantly clear, informative exposition…… thank you.
nr 10.000 too thumb up ,couldn't resist ;)Enjoying your series keep them coming .
Health and peace!!!
I'm absolutely hooked on the History of The Great War now… Battlefield 1 helped with that, and now that I have found this channel, and the other one shown, I am binge watching WW1 content like crazy.
Balanced detail on this video. Is there any presentation on the progression of automatic weapons and their design in North America?
The US had already used machine guns against the Spanish in Cuba, 1898. I can´t remember if it was at San Juan Hill or at Caney that the Maxims decided the battle.
What ever happens, we have got the Maxim gun and they have not… oh wait, they do!
Messieurs les Anglais, tirez les premiers !
Oh my god Ian I love your amazing and flowing locks of hair.
Out of interest I converted that salary paid to Maxim into UK Pounds at the historic conversion rate and then factored it for inflation. I make it £459,540 in today's money.
Gun jesus…
Thank you Ian
"You're all dead, sir! :D"
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"I do good :D?"
What is the model of boots yo are waring here, Ian? 😀
WWI can't be called the great war. That title had already been used to describe and define the Napoleonic wars. So when it was being called the GREAT WAR it was swiftly pointed out that that title had already been used. The war was there after referred to WWI.
That was a great video and will be scouting through the rest of your video briefs on weaponry. ??????????
95% of these comments are about the 9 yards phrase, we know what it means, we knew what it meant 20 comments ago, stop commenting it.
This guy looks like Alphaomegasin, hell I love this channel and Alpha's channel.
I always find guns fascinating, every gun has history to it.
The whole 9 yards was a term used by p51 pilots because there ammo belts were were 9 yards long
pot liquid nitrogen in the water thang
He looks Like Jesus
I kept waiting for Ian to identify the rounds fired by each.
These guns will not stop firing, I like the sound of that
What a well thought out and poignant presentation. Love the quote, please keep using research documents in your videos, it adds a lot of weight to an already interesting subject.
whats that riffle on the cabinet right behind ian's head?
Hell yeah, the Great War!! C&Rsenal is also really good for weapons history.
uh the great war, love it
I'll have you know, this video has led me to now marathon the entire "Great War" series.
So good!
So did the vickers and hotch kiss have moveable tripods to look left and right too like the mg08
Fam u should cut ur hair
pro video, i wonder how many lives were taken by these monsters
Outstanding ending.
Great show Ian….keep up the good work. Very interesting!