The Invention That Changed Warfare Forever: Birth of the Machine Gun 💥 [invention of machine gun, machine gun history, first machine gun, gatling gun invention, hiram maxim machine gun, automatic weapons history, 19th century inventions, war technology evolution, weapons history, industrial age warfare, military inventions, historical weapons, world history facts, viral history post, educational history] | History Through AI

TIGER DAY STARS This is our Matilda IIa, which had a 7.92 mm Besa machine-gun in place of the Matilda II’s 7.7 mm Vickers. It was delivered on 28 May 1941 by North British Locomotive Company, who eventually delivered 564 of the 2,987 Matilda IIs. There’s less than a month to go (& not many tickets available) until it’ll take to the arena alongside other WWII tanks, living history displays – & more - 20 September. Click the link in the comments below to book your tickets today. | The Tank Museum

Factory workers give a demonstration of the Besa gun for an episode of the Ministry of Supply's 'Warwork News', 1942. Find the full episode here: https://bit.ly/3DsIUb3 Film: IWM S15 101 | Imperial War Museum London

5.8M views · 28K reactions | These ground workers found a world war machine gun on site that was left by the previous owners  | On The Tools | Facebook