Fluffy Fishy Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 I found these pictures of the 18th century Venetian machine gun made by a German re-enactment group from an example they found in a museum. The weapon was built with sea use in mind although historically it mainly saw action around 80 years after its creation in the Italian wars of unification. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeRuyter Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Fascinating. Looks like one of Leonardo's inventions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraun Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Hmm does anyone know the Sharpe series? His Seargent, Harper, is using a gun like this in Field Battles. As a Handgun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus MacDuff Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 16 hours ago, Meraun said: Hmm does anyone know the Sharpe series? His Seargent, Harper, is using a gun like this in Field Battles. As a Handgun Harper used our in game Nock gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk nChance Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 @Fluffy Fishy Agreed looks a fascinating weapon. If built with sea use in mind I’d speculate some thoughts... What first springs to mind is it be a boarding weapon, either for defense or attack. The weapon is mounted on wheels so designed to be moved around quickly at short notice. I assume across a quarter deck only and not upstairs etc. Or on the Poop to target key enemy personnel. I assume the lit fuse would ignite a single barrel only. The barrels would then manually be rotated and a new loaded one would be ignited and so on. This may imply a single enemy that’s a targeted shot. What are the metal rods between each barrel for? They have a groove in the wood for betting housing? Strength? I doubt it’s a ram rod or a lever for breach loading. The Baker Rifle as a 30inch barrel length. This machine looks like it as a similar length and obviously not rifled. The Baker as a range of up to 200yards with a high hit rate accuracy. This weapon on such a stable platform, unrifled might still reach 100yards. Perfect for a close in boarding action. I’d speculate it does fire a single lead ball. However, a small greased cloth bag filled with iron nail shavings could also be used as effective grape. The bag weight however couldn’t be much heavier than a lead ball or more charge would be needed. This producing higher risks of breaching... Just my thoughts, but would love to see some details on this weapon Norfolk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wagram Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Fluffy Fishy brought up more on this topic earlier: https://forum.game-labs.net/topic/25755-an-18th-century-machine-gun/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norfolk nChance Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Brilliant link thanks @Wagram So, it did work as a repeating gun. The metal rods at the barrels side held the cartridges for a particular barrel. Through turning and gravity it reloaded the barrel each full turn. The Puckle Gun 1718 amazing video also. The craftmanship for the age was phenomenal. Thinking and thought processes involved am amazed it took so long to develop cartridges with repeating rifles. Or reliable machine guns for that matter. N. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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