Chapter
The Obscuring of Colonial Violence
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The glorification of physical courage and colonial soldiers ignores the fact that the use of machine guns made these qualities irrelevant. Furthermore, the use of smokeless powder made it more difficult to locate and blow up machine guns, yet the legend of these fights continue.
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The glorification of the colonial soldier and physical courage is obscuring the truth of the brutality of war and the advancement of weapons.
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Summary
The glorification of the colonial soldier and physical courage is obscuring the truth of the brutality of war and the advancement of weapons. The echoes of the past are seen in science fiction art and other manifestations in the present.
ChapterThe Obscuring of Colonial Violence
EpisodeHiram Maxim, Inventor of the Machine-Gun and Curling Iron
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The development of smokeless powder and the Maxim gun drastically changed the nature of warfare during the colonial era, making weapons much more efficient and long-range.
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Summary
The development of smokeless powder and the Maxim gun drastically changed the nature of warfare during the colonial era, making weapons much more efficient and long-range. However, the visible smoke of the first version of the Maxim gun made it easy to target with artillery, limiting its effectiveness.