Posted: 4/25/2005 1:12:00 PM EDT
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Maybe this has been done before, but… What firearm do you think is responsible for the most combat fatalities? Consider all firearms used in all conflicts since blackpowder began to become the primary battlefield weapon in the late 1300’s to early 1400’s and make a guess. I don’t think that we can know for sure, but please provide reasoning for your choice. Here is mine: Mauser Bolt Action Rifle Used by Germany (and several other countries) in both world wars. Russian casualties on the eastern front of World War 2 alone could place it in the running. It was also used to great effectiveness against Americans in Cuba by the Spanish Army and against the British colonial army by the Boers in South Africa. It is still a very popular rifle today, though, thankfully, it now is primarily used for hunting deer and other game instead of soldiers. Your thoughts? |
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Maxim machine gun in 8mm. Edit: You need a reason too?  The Somme, Verdun, Passchendaele, Meuse-Argonne, etc etc etc. Need I go on?Let me add these, just for shits and giggles Battle of Liege, Opened 5 August 1914 Battle of the Frontiers, Opened 5 August 1914 Battle of Mulhouse, Opened 7 August 1914 Battle of Haelen, Opened 12 August 1914 Invasion of Lorraine, Opened 14 August 1914 Battle of Stalluponen, Opened 17 August 1914 Battle of Gumbinnen, Opened 20 August 1914 Battle of the Ardennes, Opened 21 August 1914 Battle of Charleroi, Opened 21 August 1914 Siege of Namur, Opened 21 August 1914 Battle of Mons, Opened 23 August 1914 Capture of Dinant, Opened 23 August 1914 Siege of Maubeuge, Opened 25 August 1914 Destruction of Louvain, Opened 25 August 1914 Battle of Le Cateau, Opened 26 August 1914 Battle of Tannenberg, Opened 26 August 1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight, Opened 28 August 1914 Battle of Guise, Opened 29 August 1914 Siege of Tsingtao, Opened 2 September 1914 First Battle of the Marne, Opened 6 September 1914 First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, Opened 9 Sept. 1914 First Battle of the Aisne, Opened 12 September 1914 First Battle of Albert, Opened 25 September 1914 Siege of Antwerp, Opened 28 September 1914 First Battle of Arras, Opened 1 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres, Opened 14 October 1914 First Battle of Ypres (Second Account), Opened 14 October 1914 Battle of the Yser, Opened 18 October 1914 Battle of Coronel, Opened 1 November 1914 Battle of Tanga, Opened 3 November 1914 Capture of Basra, Opened 5 November 1914 Battle of Qurna, Opened 3 December 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands, Opened 8 December 1914 Raid on Scarborough and Hartlepool, Opened 16 Dec 1914 Battle of Givenchy, Opened 18 December 1914 First Battle of Champagne, Opened 20 December 1914 Battle of Dogger Bank, Opened 24 January 1915 Battle of Bolimov, Opened 31 January 1915 Defence of the Suez Canal, Opened 3 February 1915 Second Battle of the Masurian lakes, Opened 7 Feb. 1915 Initial Dardanelles Bombardment, Opened 19 Feb. 1915 Battle of Neuve-Chapelle, Opened 10 March 1915 Attempt to Force the Narrows, Opened 18 March 1915 Battle of Shaiba, Opened 11 April 1915 Second Battle of Ypres, Opened 22 April 1915 Landings at Helles & Anzac Cove, Opened 25 April 1915 First Battle of Krithia, Opened 28 April 1915 Counter-attack at Eski Hissarlik, Opened 1 May 1915 Second Battle of Krithia, Opened 6 May 1915 Battle of Festubert, Opened 15 May 1915 Turkish attack at Anzac Cove, Opened 19 May 1915 Capture of Amara, Opened 31 May 1915 Third Battle of Krithia, Opened 4 June 1915 Battles of the Isonzo, Opened June 1915-October 1915 First Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 23 June 1915 Battle of Nasiriyeh, Opened 27 June 1915 Battle of Gully Ravine, Opened 28 June 1915 Attack on Achi Baba, Opened 12 July 1915 Second Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 18 July 1915 Landings at Suvla Bay, Opened 6 August 1915 Battle of Lone Pine, Opened 6 August 1915 Battle of Sari Bair, Opened 6 August 1915 Battle of the Nek, Opened 6 August 1915 Battle of Hill 60, Opened 21 August 1915 Battle of Scimitar Hill, Opened 21 August 1915 Battle of Loos, Opened 25 September 1915 Capture of Kut-al-Amara, Opened 28 September 1915 Battle of Es Sinn, Opened 28 September 1915 Third Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 18 October 1915 Fourth Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 10 November 1915 Battle of Ctesiphon, Opened 2 November 1915 Siege of Kut-al-Amara, Opened 7 December 1915 Evacuation of Gallipoli, Opened 18 December 1915 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad, Opened 6 January 1916 Battle of the Wadi, Opened 13 January 1916 Battle of Hanna, Opened 21 January 1916 Battle of Verdun, Opened 21 February 1916 Battle of Dujaila, Opened 8 March 1916 Fifth Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 9 March 1916 Battle of Lake Naroch, Opened 18 March 1916 First Battle of Kut, Opened 5 April 1916 Battle of Asiago, Opened 15 May 1916 Trentino Offensive, Opened 15 May 1916 Battle of Jutland, Opened 31 May 1916 Battle of Lutsk, Opened 4 June 1916 Battle of Khanaqin, Opened June 1916 Battle of the Somme, Opened 1 July 1916 Battle of Bazentin Ridge, Opened 14 July 1916 Battle of Delville Wood, Opened 15 July 1916 Battle of Pozieres Ridge, Opened 23 July 1916 Battle of Romani, Opened 3 August 1916 Sixth Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 6 August 1916 Battle of Gorizia, Opened 6 August 1916 Battle of Guillemont, Opened 3 September 1916 Seventh Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 14 September 1916 Battle of Flers-Courcelette, Opened 15 September 1916 Eighth Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 10 October 1916 Ninth Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 1 November 1916 Second Battle of Kut, Opened 13 December 1916 Battle of Khadairi Bend, Opened 9 January 1917 Battle of Nahr-al-Kalek, Opened 26 February 1917 Capture of Baghdad, Opened 11 March 1917 Samarrah Offensive, Opened 13 March 1917 Seizure of Falluja, Opened 19 March 1917 First Battle of Gaza, Opened 26 March 1917 Battle of Jebel Hamlin, Opened 25 March 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge, Opened 9 April 1917 Battle of Shiala, Opened 11 April 1917 Second Battle of the Aisne, Opened 16 April 1917 Second Battle of Gaza, Opened 17 April 1917 Battle of Istabulat, Opened 21 April 1917 Battle of the Boot, Opened 30 April 1917 Tenth Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 12 May 1917 Battle of Otranto Straits, Opened 14 May 1917 Battle of Messines, Opened 7 June 1917 Third Battle of Ypres, Opened 31 July 1917 Third Battle of Ypres (2), Opened 31 July 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, Opened 31 July 1917 Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 19 August 1917 Battle of Ramadi, Opened 28 September 1917 Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo, Opened 24 October 1917 Battle of Caporetto, Opened 24 October 1917 Third Battle of Gaza, Opened 31 October 1917 Battle of Beersheba, Opened 31 October 1917 Capture of Tikrit, Opened 5 November 1917 Battle of Mughar Ridge, Opened 13 November 1917 Battle of Cambrai, Opened 20 November 1917 Fall of Jerusalem, Opened 8 December 1917 Raid on Zeebrugge, Opened 23 April 1918 Third Battle of the Aisne, Opened 27 May 1918 Battle of Cantigny, Opened 28 May 1918 Battle of Chateau-Thierry, Opened 3 June 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood, Opened 6 June 1918 Battle of the Piave River, Opened 15 June 1918 Battle of Le Hamel, Opened 4 July 1918 Second Battle of the Marne, Opened 15 July 1918 Battle of Havrincourt, Opened 12 September 1918 Battle of Epehy, Opened 18 September 1918 Battle of Vittorio Veneto, Opened 23 October 1918 Battle of Sharqat, Opened 29 October 1918 |
MG-42's killed more Russians than the Mauser. German Infantry squads were formed around the MG. |
