On: World War 3 to Be Fought over Semiconductors?

[brianwawok]

The civil war also had some cannons blasting... but the weapons were VERY different. A well trained soldier was shooting 2-3 bullets per minute in the civil war. WW2 machine guns were 25 rounds per second. There is no comparison of the destruction capabilities...

[neltnerb → brianwawok]

They absolutely invented machine guns in the Civil War, as well as metal ships.

"In 1862, Richard Jordan Gatling invented a multi-barreled, rotating gun operated by a hand crank that could fire up to 200 rounds a minute."

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/gatling-gu...

I'm not sure what war you're thinking of.

[brianwawok → neltnerb]

How many were in the civil war vs ww2? What was your odds of going against one? Huge huge huge difference