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Gatling guns were used by Egyptian forces both on sea and land, and saw combat in Sudan and Abyssinia. Isma'il Pasha ordered 120 Colt 1865 six-barrel Gatling guns; after being convinced by Shahine Pasha who witnessed Gatling gun trials at Shoeburyness in 1866. In 1872 a few ''camel'' guns were purchased, these were smaller and used a tripod ...
The .45 Colt (11.43×33mmR), often called the .45 Long Colt, is a rimmed straight-walled handgun cartridge dating to 1872.It was originally a black-powder revolver round developed for the Colt Single Action Army revolver.
Colt Manufacturing Company.45 ACP.45 Colt.44-40 Winchester.38-40 Winchester.32-20 Winchester.38 Long Colt.22 Long Rifle.38 Special.357 Magnum.44 Special United States: 1872 Continental Weapons Griffon Continental Weapons .45 ACP South Africa: CZ 97B: Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod.45 ACP Czech Republic: 1997 DOSS SH.A.R. Psh-45 DOSS SH.A.R ...
In 1949 General Electric began testing the first model of its modified Gatling design, now called the Vulcan Gun. The first prototype was designated the T45 (Model A). It fired .60 in (15 mm) ammunition at about 2,500 rounds per minute from six barrels driven by an electric motor. In 1950, GE delivered ten initial model A T45 guns for evaluation.
The guns were widely used in action during the German invasion of Belgium between 10 May and 28 May 1940. [citation needed] Colt–Browning guns placed in storage by the US military after the First World War were purchased for the British Home Guard in the summer of 1940. There were mostly later "Marlin" variants, and few appear to have reached ...
Machine guns. Colt–Browning M1895 machine gun; Gatling machine gun; Artillery. 3.2-inch M1897 field cannon; Dynamite gun; Hotchkiss cannon;
Under a contract with the U.S. Army, Colt Arms built the Model 1895 ten-barrel variant of the Gatling Gun, capable of firing 800–900 .30 Army rounds per minute and used with great effect at the Battle of San Juan Hill. [49] The M1895 Colt–Browning machine gun or "Potato Digger" was built by Colt. The Colt–Browning was one of the first gas ...
Gatling guns were used by the U.S. Army during both the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. [84] A four-gun battery of Colt-made Model 1895 ten-barrel Gatling guns in .30 Army was formed into a separate detachment led by Lt. John "Gatling Gun" Parker. [85]