HaT Gatling Gun

6/13/2010

The HaT Gatling gun. The Gatling gun was first used in the American Civil War and was an American invention. They were not used much in combat by American troops, but were in the inventory in various configurations for about fifty years.

This is a British version, but other than the magazine, not much different from those used by the American Army. This gun could be used with Airfix WWI Americans to make pretty good US Army troops for the Spanish American War.


Turn the crank and let the bullets fly.


Here the heliograph man stands ready to send a message. Well, kneels ready to send a message.



A heliograph can send a message for thirty miles or more, instant communication, long before radio.

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