This week we look at the iconic Maxim Gun, the world’s first true automatic machine gun, and a weapon which set the stage for the high-intensity conflicts of the 20th Century which cost the lives of millions of soldiers during WWI and WWII.

Show notes and links:

* Wheellocks – Real or Fake? (Forgotten Weapons)

* The Wind and the Lion (1975) Dir. John Milius. Sean Connery, Candace Bergen, Brian Keith.

* Gordon’s Gun Closet #4: The Wind and the Lion (csicon.fm)

* The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean – Trailer (trailer)

* The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) Paul Newman

* Breaker Morant (film) (1980)

* Ribauldequin or “organ gun”

* Puckle gun

* Chambers Swivel Gun (historicalfirearms.info)

* Gatling gun

* Gardner gun

* Nordenfelt gun

* Maxim gun

* Maxim second prototype machine gun – animation

* Bad Cat Store at Zazzle (zazzle.com)