“Tag: trench warfare”

This week on “I Have This Old Gun”, we take an in-depth look at the history of the Canadian-made Ross Rifle.

Machine guns changed the battlefield during the Great War, driving soldiers below ground into the trenches to escape enemy fire. But here is a century-old solution, found by contributor Tom Laemlein, to firing a Lewis light machine without exposing the gunner to the enemy. And it is one we have never seen before—or since.