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To: Morpheus2009

I read that Maxim considered the machine gun so terrible a weapon that it would prevent wars. So much for that thought.


11 posted on 11/05/2014 6:43:15 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

“I read that Maxim considered the machine gun so terrible a weapon that it would prevent wars. So much for that thought.”

Henry Shrapnel and Alfred Nobel had similar hopes for their creations.


16 posted on 11/05/2014 6:59:17 AM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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