Nordenfelt gun
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This article is about the rifle-caliber "machine gun". For the anti-torpedo boat gun, see 1-inch Nordenfelt gun. For the naval gun, see QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt.
The Nordenfelt gun was a multiple-barrel organ gun that had a row of up to twelve barrels. It was fired by pulling a lever back and forth and ammunition was gravity fed through chutes for each barrel. It was produced in a number of different calibres up to 25 mm (0.98 in). Larger calibres were also used, but for these calibres the design simply permitted rapid manual loading rather than true automatic fire. This article covers the anti-personnel rifle-calibre (typically 0.45 in (11 mm)) gun.
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Nordenfelt gun | |
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Type | Organ gun |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
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Designer | Helge Palmcrantz |
Designed | 1873 |
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