War Factories - Season 3 - Eps 5: War Machine - The Story of the Machine Gun
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.
About War Factories
Title: War Factories
First Air Date: 2019-07-17
Last Air Date: 2022-07-01
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 7.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 22
Network: U&Yesterday Histoire TV
Genres: Documentary, War & Politics
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
The untold secret story of war production that shaped the Second World War.
Cast
Alexandra Churchill
Guy Walters
