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In 1861 Lincoln bought a machine gun from J.D. Mills of New York that was called the "coffee mill gun." He paid 1,300.00 for each and this was the first machine gun ordered in history. On December 19, 1861 General McClellan bought 50 of these guns on a cost plus basis and they ran 735.00 each. The first battle was fought under Colonel John Geary of the 28th Pennsylvania Volunteers around Harper's Ferry. In Feb of 1862 the first Confederate soldier fell to the "rain of death." In another battle Capt. Bartlett used the coffee mill gun at 800 yards into Confederate line forcing the survivors to flee.
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What are the three technological changes brought on by the civil war?
One was the machine gun
Were there machine guns in world war 1?
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
What is a Lewis gun?
A Lewis gun was an early type of machine gun used in WW1.
In what country was the first machine gun invented?
Britain
Why was the 45 cal rifle used in World War 2?
The .45 Thompson sub-machine gun and M3 sub machine gun (grease gun) were used in WW2, Korea, and Vietnam War. A sub-machine gun is called a SUB machine gun because it uses "pistol" ammunition. The M3 sub-machinegun looked exactly like a grease gun; hence the name.
When the machine guns first used?
the first rapid fire gun was the hand crannked gatling gun used in the civil war but the maxim was the first true machine gun which was developed not long after the gatling
What were three civil war firsts?
First used in combat were: balloon, telegraph, machine gun (Gatling).
Where were machine guns used?
Machine guns were first used in the trenches of the First World War. They were mainly used as defensive weapons because they were too heavy to carry, and they required three or so men to operate them. The first true rapid fire gun, the Gatling gun, was used after the Civil War in engagements against Indian tribes.
Spencer machine gun double barrel shotgun patend 1883?
its a big gun used in the civil war
Who invented the first airplane mounted machine gun?
The aircraft mounted machine gun was at first simply a ground machine mounted for a gunner to fire. All sides in WW1 used it. The first successful machine gun fired by a pilot was the Lewis machine gun on a special mounting attached to the top wing, allowing the gun to fire over the propellor.
What was used for the first time in the Mexican-American war?
THE FIRST MACHINE GUN Built by Gatling
What is a vickers gun?
The Vickers - machine gun - was developed based on the Maxim machine gun which was first real automatic machine gun. Vickers was an improvement and fired the .303 cartridge - extremely accurate and reliable. Used by British army during the first world war and following for many years.
What machine gun was used in world war 1?
The British used the Vickers machine gun
Who created the machine gun?
The first machine gun was the Defense Gun, invented by James Puckle in England in 1718. It was a single barrel flintlock gun with multiple revolving chambers. It was operated by a hand crank. The intended use was repelling boarders on ships. The Puckle gun was not used very widely and failed commercially. An American inventor, Dr. Richard J. Gatling, invented in 1861 and patented in 1862 the hand-cranked multibarrel gun that can be considered the first cartridge machine gun. It was used in the American Civil War. The first commercially successful self-operating machine gun was invented by another American, who later emigrated to England, Hiram Stevens Maxim. Maxim formed a company to produce his gun in 1896. This company later became Vickers. Maxim's design was highly successful and found many buyers. The Maxim gun (Vickers gun in England) saw service on all sides of WWI and many conflicts around the world afterwards.
First full automatic gun?
While some would say the Gatling gun was the first,I consider the Maxim machine gun the first true full auto machine gun.
Where was the first machine gun made?
The first true machine gun was invented by Hiram Maxim in the United Kingdom.
What was the first full auto gun?
the Maxim machinegunMaxim machine gun.
