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TIL the inventor of first machine gun, Richard Gatling thought machine gun would actually decrease the casualties of war by reducing size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and... (www.ncpedia.org)

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The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/mila_stacy on 2025-02-25 04:00:33.

Original Title: TIL the inventor of first machine gun, Richard Gatling thought machine gun would actually decrease the casualties of war by reducing size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease. Also, that terror of such a weapon would discourage war altogether.

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