"Khartoum" movie gun

Bill Jordan

February 22, 2012 08:21

It looked a little like a horizontal style Gatling with 4-5 barrels in line, and fired by pushing the operating handle forward and pulling back to reload, and pushing forward again to fire in sequence.
Not really a machine gun, but the movie takes place @ 1885.
Any ideas?

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  Spider7115

  February 22, 2012 09:09

  Nordenfelt Machine Gun?
  
  

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  WinMike

  February 22, 2012 09:49

  Good pick! that's the one:
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordenfelt_gun
  
  http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Talk:Nordenfelt_gun
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDkcG5whNQo&feature=related
  
  Always thought the ultimate fate of passengers on the steam side-wheeler was nicely understated. Nowadays, if the movie were produced, they'd show the killings, maiming and torturing in 3-D. As it was, the futile hope of the Brits holding Khartoum was revealed gradually, both to the participants as well as the movie-goer.

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  Bill Jordan

  February 22, 2012 12:03

  Wow; that's it .
  Thanks; great links.

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