War Factories Season 3 Episode 5 The Story of the Machine Gun 2022
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This episode looks at the the invention of the machine gun, and how weapon that changed the art of war was adopted and adapted by war factories around the world. The Maxim Gun was developed by a British based American inventor called Hiram Maxim and was the first fully automatic machine-gun. The only problem was that it weighed a whooping 136 ibs. British company Vickers aquired Maxim's company and moved on the design.
- Released: 2022-06-24
- Runtime: 45 minutes
- Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
- Stars: Alexandra Churchill, Guy Walters
- Director: Mike Ibeji, Mike Ibeji, Laurence Durkin
