Warhammer, mecha, gundam n stuff

A little something related to my mechanicus army! Having played Factorio lately it made me want to make this video.

The immortal. When people talk about ancient guns, they talk about easy shit. Handcannone? Tanegashima? You fools. You utter worthless fools. Do you see this? This backdrop of every modern conflict, adorned to every vehicle, plane and helicopter? From the lowly Toyota to the hitech CROWS gun mounts? This fucking thing? This is an ancient gun. This is archaic. This is big. This is the equivalent of bringing great-grandpa to a gunfight. And great-grandpa got his start stabbing Germans in Belleau Wood. And he’s DAMN good at doing it now.

HMG’s as a concept start with one gun, the 1918 TnF Maxim gun. The German’s solution to the rise of tanks and general air superiority, the 13.2 TuF cartridge was intended to do just that. Shoot tanks. Shoot planes. While the 13.2 TuF round would be used by the T-Gewehr rifle, the Maxim wouldn’t materialize before the Armistice. But you get this wacky Mormon man, give him access to a bunch of acquired ex-German equipment because of the Versailles Treaty. And give him time, you get this. Introduced in 1921, and the hottest seller of .50 BMG death ever since. Many have tried to come and replace it, and few have. The closest things these have gotten to modification was slapping an ACOG or dot on it.