---
title: "This infographic shows how the machine gun revolutionized World War I combat"
date: "2018-04-02"
modified: "2020-10-21"
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  - name: "Team Mighty"
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url: "https://www.wearethemighty.com/articles/this-infographic-shows-how-the-machine-gun-revolutionized-world-war-i-combat/"
categories:
  - "History"
  - "War History"
  - "World War I"
---

# This infographic shows how the machine gun revolutionized World War I combat

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17298541/origin.jpg>)

WWI was one of the first truly modern conflicts. Fought mainly along [trenches](<https://www.businessinsider.com/unpublished-photos-of-world-war-i-2014-7>), the war saw the introduction of chemical weapons, tanks, and aerial combat.

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Thought of as the war to end war, over 9 million soldiers were killed in the conflict and 21 million were injured. These casualties were largely helped along by the war being the first to feature widespread use of machine guns.

The following graphic, from [Norwich University's Online Masters in Military History program](<https://graduate.norwich.edu/military-history/>), shows the destructive impact and history of the machine gun on the war.

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17298542/origin.png>)
*Norwich University's Online Masters in Military History*

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