Quote:I'd just like to point out one factual flaw here. Barbed wire was originally an agricultural technology. It was the first wire fencing technology capable of restraining cattle, which combined with its ease and low price of deployment made it an instant success with ranchers. The first practical barbed wire system was patented in 1874 -- it took about 40 years for someone to decide to use it for military purposes. Thus, barbed wire is not dependent upon the development of guns.
Barbed wire was there to stall people for long enough to mow down with machine guns. No machine guns... no barbed wire, no tanks.
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