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A 2,000-Year-Old Weapon that Fired Bursts Like a Machine Gun Was Found in Pompeii

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Archaeologists have discovered traces of a weapon in Pompeii that fired successive projectiles, strikingly reminiscent of a modern machine gun.

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A 2,000-Year-Old Weapon that Fired Bursts Like a Machine Gun Was Found in Pompeii

Archaeologists have discovered traces of a weapon in Pompeii that fired successive projectiles, strikingly reminiscent of a modern machine gun.

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Archaeologists Believe They Have Found an Ancient "Machine Gun" in Pompeii

New research finds traces of the mysterious machine gun in Pompeii, upending what we knew about Roman military technology. More...

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Protothema broke the news in on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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