World War I, pt 2: The Deadly Water Cooled Machine-Gun

Lt Colonel Arthur Alphin examines, explains, and demonstrates the deadliness of a water cooled machine-gun from the First World War.

This film was an educational training video produced by the U.S. Army sometime in the early 1990s for military history training at West Point Acadamy. Colonel Arthur "Art" Alphin is a retired American Army officer and military historian. In his dry, yet highly informative style, he covers all details of the weapon, including firing range evaluation. Alphin taught military history at West Point. Since retiring from the Army he has co-authored several books.

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Science & Technology

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• sons of guns
• war
• m-16
• assault rifle
• warfare
• shooting
• vietnam
• marines
• army
• weapons
• rifles
• world war I
• heavy machinegun
• machinegun
• trench warfare

[Theunitedfreeman]

Were they using armor piercing rounds on the concrete wall?

[insanesniper7501]

I never knew it could destroy a brickwall

[Holyloky1]

This is the best video i've seen on the old ww1 machineguns. I had no idea they were so AWESOME!