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Suggestions for the Adoption and Adaptation of the Single Barrel Machine-Gun for the Va... - 0 views

diigo.com/0skllo Nelani Ngqubuka History 2A
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  • Undcr tlic prescnt eonstrnction of tlic fort, ns tho only thrco 10-inch 1t.M.L. guns which could bo cffcctivcly uscd nro eir barbcttc, tho gunncrs scrving thcm would spccdily bc Enockcd orer by mnchiuc- guns fiorn tops of liostilc ships ; it is tlicreforo icrj dcsimblc that this should be obx-iatcd us far ns possiblu. If mnchinc-gutis of 0.450 wcro ixsclcss, thc Hotchkiss G-pr. quick-firing guii would bo vcrr cffcctirc. La~~diiz~s.--;\rachixic-guns \vould Lo most mlunblo in resisting Inndiiigs, and should bc aLlo to do so succcssfully; from tho othcr sido tho1 would bc nlso raluablc in corcriiig Iandiirgs
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      mlotshwa on 11 May 23
       
      This illustrates that there was different kinds of guns in Africa before 1885 as Major and West outlined different kinds of guns which are machine guns, 10-inch R.M.L. guns and Hotchkiss 6-pr. quick firing gun. These guns were effective and used in the headlands to resist landings in Africa on top of hostile ships and was used for attacking, form powerful force and gain power. This can be linked to the context of Guns in Africa because it is about different kinds of guns such as machine guns that were present and used in Africa during the 1880s.
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Guns, Race, and Skill in Nineteenth-Century Southern Africa.pdf - 2 views

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  • muzzle loading.24 There were other reasons why old guns retained their appeal in southern Africa longer than they did in other parts of the world. On the nineteenth-century southern African frontier, capital was scarce and game was plentiful; so long as plenty of game could be killed with primitive weapons, there was little incentive to adopt new guns such as the paper-cartridge breechloaders that became available in the 1850s and 1860s.25 Older weapons were a more adaptable and flexible technology than the new rifles, and happened to be less expensive,
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      mlotshwa on 26 Apr 23
       
      This illustrates that guns were available and used to hunter in Africa even before 1850 and 1860 when new guns such as the paper-cartridge breechloaders were available. In southern Africa hunter's continued to use old types of guns as they regarded them as adaptable and flexible besides that they did not have enough capital to purchase the new riffles. This can be linked to the context of guns in Africa because guns were used in southern Africa in some hunting competitions, in addition other guns came with Boers who migrated in the Cape and before Boer war in 1880-81, and even on the war guns were used by Boers indicating that guns have been available in African societies long ago.
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Guns, Race, and Skill in Nineteenth-Century Southern Africa.pdf - 7 views

diigo.com/0sf85k Nelani Ngqubuka History 2A
shared by mlotshwa on 26 Apr 23 - No Cached
  • There were other reasons why old guns retained their appeal in southern Africa longer than they did in other parts of the world. On the nineteenth-century southern African frontier, capital was scarce and game was plentiful; so long as plenty of game could be killed with primitive weapons, there was little incentive to adopt new guns such as the paper-cartridge breechloaders that became available in the 1850s and 1860s.25 Older weapons were a more adaptable and flexible technology than the new rifles, and happened to be less expensive,
    • mlotshwa
      mlotshwa on 26 Apr 23
       
      This illustrates that guns were available and used to hunter in Africa even before 1850 and 1860 when new guns such as the paper-cartridge breechloaders were available. In southern Africa hunter continued to use the old types of guns as they regarded them as adaptable and flexible besides that they did not have enough capital to purchase the new riffles. This can be linked to the content of Guns in Africa because guns were used in southern Africa in some hunting competitions and other guns came with Boers who migrated in the Cape and before Boer war in 1880-81 and even on the war guns were used. In addition guns have been long used in African societies in the early 18 century.
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