On every model and image of a battleship from the late 19th century, it's alaways covered in machine guns! (on the bridge, gunwales, top of gun turrets, even in lifeboats!)My question is, what were they used for? Theye'd be great against loow/slow flying aircraft, except there were no aircraft in the 1890's! And they'd do virtually no damage to an enemy ship, and the main guns would prevent them from ever getting that close! So what was they're purpose and why were there so many? Thanks!
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They were auctually intended for use against torpedo boats, which had been introduced in the previous decadeTorpedo boats were small and fast, and while the torpedos they carried like party poppers compared to WW2, they could still be a threat to larger ships in numbers! Since they were so small and fast, it would have been very hard to hit one with the ships main weapons, not to mention overkill to the extreme! Machine guns would be very effective against the small, unarmored torpedo boat, though! (remember, torpedos in the 1890's had a range of 400 yards max, they couldn't be shot off from outside the range of a machine gun!)
