1.3K views · 64 reactions | Lt. Ronald Speirs (BOB) shooting POWs with his Thompson machine gun. Softwares used: Illustrator and After effects By Discord Member Jan | Simple History | Facebook

Somme 1916: The South African Infantry's Fiercest 48 Hours in Delville Wood - Episode 4. July 17–18, 1916 — The battle reaches breaking point. As the Allied plan presses the north‑west sector, the South African Brigade launches a westward assault that buckles under interlocking German machine‑gun fire and heavy barrages. Watch full episode now https://youtu.be/psbPJzA_A6s | HISTORY

1.1M views · 10K reactions | "In terms of ultimate robustness and reliability in the 1914 period, you cannot beat this thing..." Dan Snow is at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds to meet British firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson. They discuss the impact of the Vickers machine gun during the First World War. Watch 'The Sharp End: Testing Weapons of War Part 2' on History Hit TV: https://access.historyhit.com/what-s-new/videos/the-sharp-end-part-2 | History Hit | Facebook