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The First Maxim Machine Gun
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3,650 views
8 months ago
Hiram S Maxim developed the first automatic machine gun in 1884. His prototype used a fairly complicated mechanism - but he was the first person to use the force of recoil...
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2 barrel Gardner Gun 1880 (Parkhurst, Pratt & Whitney)
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2,812 views
1 year ago
Animation of 2-barreled Gardner gun to Edward Parkhurst's 1880 design and patents. Pratt & Witney bought manufacturing rights to William Gardner's original 1876 patent, an...
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Gardner 2 barrel Machine Gun (1879)
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5,439 views
1 year ago
An animation of the 2 barrel Gardner machine gun manufactured by William Gardner to his 1879 patent. Several hundred 2 and 5 barrel guns were manufactured by William Gardn...
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Gardner 5 Barrel Machine Gun 1882
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7,131 views
1 year ago
An animation showing the mechanism of William Gardner's 5-barrel machine gun, patented in August 1881. The United States Army was firmly wedded to the Gatling gun at that ...
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Montigny Mitrailleuse 1863
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7,852 views
1 year ago
This animation shows the firing mechanism for the Christophe-Montigny mitrailleuse (grapeshot shooter) developed around 1863 in Belgium. The model shown here has 37 barrel...
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Reffy Mitrailleuse 1867
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11,407 views
1 year ago
An animation of the Reffye Mitrailleuse of 1867. Multi-barrel Mitrailleuse (grapeshot shooters) were originally developed in Belgium in 1851. The Reffye Mitrailleuse, deve...
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Nordenfelt 6pdr
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4,657 views
1 year ago
An animation to show the workings of the Nordenfelt 6 pdr quick firing gun. These were introduced in the late 1880's as a counter to the increasing menace of torpedo boats ...
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Nordenfelt 2-barrel Anti-Torpedo-Boat gun
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20,015 views
1 year ago
Animation of a 2-barrel Nordenfelt 1 inch anti-torpedo boat gun, circa 1885. Nordenfelt's first mechanism, as used in the 4-barrel gun, was rather cumbersome. This second ...
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Gatling 1862
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9,088 views
1 year ago
An animation of Richard Gatling's first Battery gun, modeled from his 1862 patent. The original model fired the standard .58 paper cartridge used in American Civil War muz...
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Gatling 1874
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34,685 views
1 year ago
An animation of a 10-barrel .45 cal 1874 Gatling gun, with 240 round Broadwell magazine. This gun was sometimes called the Camel gun, after some imaginative advertising. E...
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