7 Deadliest Weapons in History: Quick Facts

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Figure 13: A Maxim machine gun, belt-fed and water-cooled, operated by German infantrymen, World War I.

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Medieval armoured cavalry at the Battle of Hastings (1066), protected by chain-mail armour and kite-shaped shields, a detail of the Bayeux Tapestry, 11th century; in the Centre Guillaume le Conquérant, Bayeux, France.

Medieval illustration showing a Byzantine dromon crew spraying Greek fire at an enemy ship, with Greek text above and below the scene.

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