Gatling guns in movies

[UncleEd]

Fired a Gatling gun today.

Had 50 horsemen charge at my position.

I killed 37 horses, wounded 12 men and killed 3 men.

Thought that such a weapon only hit the riders.

Did I have a defective Gatling gun?

Or what did I do wrong?

Next test will be 100 riders. Seeking volunteers.

 

[BigBoy99]

Video game?

 

[TomkinsSP]

On the bright side, a wooden crate of ammunition, about the size of a crate that holds two .50 caliber ammo cans, will last three days in those "hollywierd" models.

 

[Chuck24]

Rooster Cogburn!

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

The Wild Bunch.

 

[Texas Star]

I'm not too impressed. At Omdurman, Lt. Churchill claimed three men dead for sure, a couple of wounded, and a "probable" or two. This with a 10-shot 7.63 mm Mauser pistol!

For the exact account, see his book, "My Early Life.", 1930.

 

[eb07]

Outlaw josey wales

 

[Muley Gil]

Been hitting the 'shine again???

 

[Golddollar]

"The Gatling Gun", starring Robert Fuller, John Carradine, Guy Stockwell, Barbara Luna, Pat Buttram, Phil Harris and Patrick Wayne. It's a real movie. I have the DVD.

 

[jimmyj]

"Only The Valiant" starring Gregory Peck and Ward Bond

 

[Targets Guy]

"The War Wagon"

 

[Cardboard_killer]

The Wild Bunch.

Nope. Browning m1917.

 

[amazingflapjack]

Invented by a Dentist from Washington,D.C. Hey, wasn't Doc Holiday a dentist too? Got'a watch them dentists...

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Watch "Rough Riders" to see them in real action.

 

[DWalt]

Invented by a Dentist from Washington,D.C. Hey, wasn't Doc Holiday a dentist too? Got'a watch them dentists...

Gatling wasn't a dentist, but he did have a medical degree (or at least what passed for one at that time). And he was from NC. He never practiced medicine however. He invented agricultural equipment in addition the the Gatling Gun. Late in his life he became interested in heavy artillery. Wahl and Toppel's "The Gatling Gun" (Arco, 1965) is the bible for Gatling Gun history.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Hand-cranking a multi-barreled revolving contraption is way out of date. Here's how it's done today - thanks to Mike Dillon!

John

 

[M1A]

Very poor weapon unless you had a line of enemy. Elevation was cranked up or down and it was not easy to spin around as you see in the movies. No good on dispersed multiple targets. Very heavy too.

 

[DWalt]

Some believe that Custer's failure to take his Gatlings along on his expedition to the LBH was responsible for the massacre. Others don't.

 

[TAROMAN]

3:10 to Yuma (2007):

 

[DWalt]

Nope. Browning m1917.

There are several anachronisms in "The Wild Bunch" and that is one of them. During the time period of the movie, the M1917 HMG did not exist. Nor did the Springfield M1903A3.