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The 22 pages that link to Machine gun, each with the reason it gives.

• Trench warfareRelated: Rapid fire made frontal assaults across exposed ground exceptionally dangerous.

• Western FrontRelated: Rapid defensive fire made exposed infantry advances exceptionally costly.

• Cavalry chargeRelated: Sustained fire made massed mounted advances increasingly costly on modern battlefields.

• BreechloaderRelated: Modern machine guns use breech-loading actions to cycle cartridges rapidly.

• Infantry squareRelated: Rapid, sustained fire further punished troops concentrated in a visible formation.

• Rotating boltRelated: Many machine guns use rotating bolts to lock and cycle under automatic fire.

• Human wave attackRelated: Its high rate of fire made exposed mass advances exceptionally dangerous.

• Ma BarkerRelated: The dramatic image of Barker wielding a machine gun became central to accounts of her death.