Heavy Machine Guns of the Great War

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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.

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  1. james jones

    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

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  2. Thomas May

    Just rewatching this after watching Blueprint for Armagedon, if you like forgotten wepons I'd check it out. It's an amazing podcast.

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  3. Ahhh Fuck It I Can't think of a good name

    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

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  4. Tokrus

    how many rounds can you safely fire continuously out of maxim without water?

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  5. George George

    Do defensive hmgs have much of a role anymore? They all seem to be using lmgs for a more aggressive support role.

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  6. George George

    7 days…

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  7. Lars Andersen

    Great presentation!

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  8. Pyro Pelican

    wow so many likes to dislikes ratio I have never seen this many likes

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  9. Gen Scinmore

    "The whole nine yards* slang didnt come from WWI or WWII mg belts.

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  10. Michael King

    do you suppose you could make a cup of tea while firing your gun, boiling the water in the water jacket

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  11. rick2112rkrk

    I love you videos. Thanks!

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  12. Maximiliano Smith

    Aguante Indy Neidell!! Excelente programa, felicitaciones!!

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  13. SKIP MALONEY

    9yds, the length of a .50 cal fighter aircraft belt.

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  14. Darklinger AEld-ridge

    Brilliantly clear, informative exposition…… thank you.

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  15. Didier Schneewolf

    nr 10.000 too thumb up ,couldn't resist ;)Enjoying your series keep them coming .
    Health and peace!!!

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  16. DA2THFA1RY

    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.

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  17. zenengineer

    Balanced detail on this video. Is there any presentation on the progression of automatic weapons and their design in North America?

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  18. lentorpe

    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.

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  19. Aubrey Beech

    What ever happens, we have got the Maxim gun and they have not… oh wait, they do!

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  20. TheAtmosfear7

    Messieurs les Anglais, tirez les premiers !

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  21. Black_Scythe

    Oh my god Ian I love your amazing and flowing locks of hair.

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  22. Vorpal Arms

    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.

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  23. David Masanz

    Gun jesus…

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  24. bukifuriku

    Thank you Ian

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  25. NumPad

    "You're all dead, sir! :D"

    "I do good :D?"

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  26. LegoIngr

    What is the model of boots yo are waring here, Ian? 😀

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  27. hard yakka

    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.

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  28. Dan Webb

    That was a great video and will be scouting through the rest of your video briefs on weaponry. ??????????

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  29. ProbablyInsane

    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.

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  30. Wolfboy2012

    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.

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  31. MrLunchHour2

    The whole 9 yards was a term used by p51 pilots because there ammo belts were were 9 yards long

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  32. cool bude

    pot liquid nitrogen in the water thang

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  33. BlooJay

    He looks Like Jesus

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  34. kastimizillion

    I kept waiting for Ian to identify the rounds fired by each.

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  35. Nathan Barria79

    These guns will not stop firing, I like the sound of that

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  36. GordonjSmith1

    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.

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  37. tyler D

    whats that riffle on the cabinet right behind ian's head?

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  38. Sam Kramer

    Hell yeah, the Great War!! C&Rsenal is also really good for weapons history.

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  39. Samu Harju

    uh the great war, love it

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  40. Vincent Rakka

    I'll have you know, this video has led me to now marathon the entire "Great War" series.

    So good!

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  41. VERTEX GAMING

    So did the vickers and hotch kiss have moveable tripods to look left and right too like the mg08

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  42. Erik Vestal

    Fam u should cut ur hair

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  43. Emilio Murillo

    pro video, i wonder how many lives were taken by these monsters

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  44. Stacy Brown

    Outstanding ending.

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  45. Wayne Ashton

    Great show Ian….keep up the good work. Very interesting!

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