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Originally posted by Eisenschwarz:
Write about how the Americans came to adopt one of the worst machine guns ever (the Chauchat, which was so bad it often literally shook itself to pieces as it fired) as oppose to the Lewis, almost solely due to a personality clash between the then current US Chief of ordinance (Gen. Willian Crozier) and Lewis (the bloke wot designed the Lewis gun) Although to be fair they did get the browning M1917 in the end.
It can be a sobering lesson in how petty human interpersonal relationships can end up bad.
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This shouldn't suprise you but my favorite MG was the watercooled Maxim. (Hiram Maxim)
We can blame the Chauchat on the French after all.
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