PugJesus@lemmy.worldcakeM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoAutochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down12
arrow-up1160arrow-down1imageAutochrome of French cuirassiers, 1913lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldcakeM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squaremeeeeetch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·14 days agoYeah, machine guns existed, but Europeans had pretty much only pointed them at Africans until one year after this picture was taken.
minus-squareBakerBagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 days agoThey were used in the Franco-Prussian war a bit.
minus-squarePugJesus@lemmy.worldcakeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-214 days 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]