@PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months agoAutochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down12
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minus-square@meeeeetch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•9 months agoYeah, machine guns existed, but Europeans had pretty much only pointed them at Africans until one year after this picture was taken.
minus-square@BakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish3•9 months agoThey were used in the Franco-Prussian war a bit.
minus-square@PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-29 months ago♪ "Whatever happens, we have got♪ ♪ The Maxim gun, and they have not!" ♪ [WW1 starts] [screaming internally and externally]
Yeah, machine guns existed, but Europeans had pretty much only pointed them at Africans until one year after this picture was taken.
They were used in the Franco-Prussian war a bit.
♪ "Whatever happens, we have got♪
♪ The Maxim gun, and they have not!" ♪
[WW1 starts]
[screaming internally and externally]