Machine Guns
By Joan Koh
Machine Guns?
Needed 4-6 people to Work it.
History of Machine Guns
Gatling Gun
Maxim Machine Gun
Types of Machine GunsAllies
Central Power
Problems
Machine guns became overheated
in very hot conditions even with
a cooling device.
EffectsEstimates that 90% of casualties were
directly attributable to machine.
Desert Warfare I am the child I am the child
under the rubble beneath the broken palm bulldozed under beside the scorched dates
I am the child I am the child crushed no eyes one of forty thousanda receiver of your anonymous death
I am the child I am the child you did not see from your cockpitsnor did you see my grieving mother I am the child I am the child bathed in bullets swaddled in ashes beyond your caring beneath your contempt
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