Civil War anniversary: 13 questions 150 years later

[gridlore]

Civil War anniversary: 13 questions 150 years later

All 13 right!

Comments

[kengr]

Gatling guns are rapid fire weapons, but not "machine guns". A technicality, but correct nevertheless.

The first "real" machine guns were in the Franco Prussian war.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

The Mitrailleuse? It was similar to the Gatling in which it had to be cranked.

The Maxim was the first design where you cocked it and pulled the trigger and it fired until a stoppage or it ran out of ammo or you took your finger off the rigger.