mrw311 - AnthologyMain MenuIntroductionThe Gatling Gun and Machine GunsRifles and HandgunsIronclad Battleships and Torpedo TechnologyThe Boer WarsStagnation and Fear of DestructionAnxious, Fictional Accounts of the FutureBibliographyMatthew Werkheiserbaf3c422a98f36dbd4c83c180176ff0854fcbc18
12016-11-27T14:14:15-05:00A Dealer in Death4plain2016-12-14T01:41:30-05:00A brief overview and biography of both the Maxim machine-gun and its inventor, Hiram S. Maxim. Maxim is famous for creating the Maxim machine-gun, the first ever recoil operated machine gun. Despite the damning title and several damning interjections of the author, the interview itself depicts Maxim as a modest inventor and entirely detached from the destructive capabilities of his weapon. The author does, however, makes a point to address the killing capacity of the machine-gun – it would go on to become one of the most heavily used weapons in WWI.