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The US Army adopted Gatling guns in several calibers, including .42 caliber, .45-70, .50 caliber, 1 inch, and (M1893 and later) .30 Army, with conversions of M1900 weapons to .30-03 and .30-06. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The .45-70 weapon was also mounted on some US Navy ships of the 1880s and 1890s.
By 1893, the M1893 Gatling gun could fire 800 to 900 rounds per minute. Gatling also developed examples of the M1893 powered by an electric motor driving the crank with a belt. [ 3 ] Tests demonstrated the electric Gatling could fire up to 1,500 rpm in bursts.
Kropatschek M1886 and M1893; Mannlicher M1886/88; Mannlicher M1888 and M1888/90; ... Machine gun. Gatling gun (Pre World War 1) Field guns. Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun;
Colt–Browning M1895 machine gun; Gatling machine gun; Artillery. 3.2-inch M1897 field cannon; Dynamite gun; ... Spanish Mauser M1893 bayonet; Sidearms. MAS M1892 ...
The .45-70 round was also used in several Gatling gun models from 1873 until it was superseded by the .30 Army round beginning with the M1893 Gatling gun. [16] Some .45-70 Gatling guns were used on U.S. Navy warships launched in the 1880s and 1890s.
Machine guns from their first development to the eve of World War I. ... Gatling gun; Gorgas machine gun; H. ... Salvator-Dormus M1893; Schwarzlose machine gun;
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 ...
Some of the M1916 guns were modernized in the 1950s and served even longer, though the widespread development of semi-automatic rifles after World War II quickly rendered the Mausers suitable only for second-line duties. [8] Between 1894 and 1899, Mauser manufactured approximately 201,100 of the M1893 rifles for the Ottoman Empire. [32]