Machine guns were a major ingredient of World War one. They were one of the main killers in the war and accountable for thousands of deaths. They were what made no mans land so terrifying, as they could shoot hundreds of rounds in one minute, making it almost impossible to step out of a trench without getting shot down.
Without machine guns it would have made it much easier to make progress in no mans land, but much more difficult to defend your side from the enemy.
Soldiers didn’t make much progress when they went into no mans land on foot as they were completely exposed to guns and other weaponry. They needed a form of protection from machine guns, whilst also being able to move forward and wipe out the enemies troops. As machine guns
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Germans didn’t have the technology or materials required to develop tanks after they were brought out by the enemy so were very slow to produce their own. Instead they stole tanks from the Brits and used them, however because the tanks were not greatly tested they were highly unreliable. The tanks were however a goldmine as they brought back much needed mobility to the Western Front.
Machine guns are considered the reason tanks were developed for the war, as they needed tanks to be able to protect themselves from the machine guns. Machine guns are very much linked to Hemingway 's Statement as they are one of the most murderous devices in the world, that turned 1914 – 1918 into the butchery that it was. Tanks helped with this, although I wouldn’t say they ended the war, they certainly were a part of it. For all we know, if tanks were never invented, the Western Front may have never gained mobility and who knows, they could have ended up still being there