A decisive weapon, 1948-01-24

Item — Volume: 10

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Pages 105-108 from a pamphlet publication

Dates

1948-01-24

Creator

From the Collection: McCormick, Robert R. (Robert Rutherford), 1880-1955 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Extent

From the Series: 8 Volumes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Occasion: WGN-Mutual radio network (Chicago, Ill.)

Frank Hughes/Lloyd Wendt identifier: HW501

Annotation by Frank Hughes and Lloyd Wendt: The .50 calibre machine gun. How American inventiveness provided new weapons for every war from Revolution to World War II. We entered that with no better weapons than World War I. The .50 calibre, invented as a tank weapon in World War I and abandoned, was taken up by air force. 1,400 rounds a minute. Devastating. Since airpower was victory, it can be called decisive of war.

Subjects assigned by Tribune Company Archives staff: Aviation in warfare; Bushnell, David; Christie, Walter L.; Irvin, Leslie; Mitchell, William (General); Submarines; United States. Navy; World War II; Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur)

Subject assigned by Frank Hughes and Lloyd Wendt: Military history -- World War II