gatling gun

Dutch translation: zesloops roterend machinegweer

12:42 Oct 20, 2004

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Military / Defense

English term or phrase: gatling gun

A vehicle on which "a gatling gun" is mounted.

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Dutch translation:zesloops roterend machinegweer

Explanation:
Kijk op Google. Oorspronkelijk handbediend (gebruikt in Am. burgeroorlog). Tegenwoordig gemonteerd op affuiten of aan boord van aanvalshelikopters en -vliegtuigen. Enorme vuurkracht

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zesloops roterend machinegweer

Jacques Wolse

gatling gun, minigun

Ballistic

Gatling mitrailleur

Sven Petersson

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zesloops roterend machinegweer

Explanation:
Kijk op Google. Oorspronkelijk handbediend (gebruikt in Am. burgeroorlog). Tegenwoordig gemonteerd op affuiten of aan boord van aanvalshelikopters en -vliegtuigen. Enorme vuurkracht

Jacques Wolse
Local time: 07:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
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8 mins confidence:

gatling gun, minigun

Explanation:
Een gatling gun of minigun is een veelal elektrisch aangedraven machinegeweer met meerdere, roterende lopen. Wordt ook vaak op helikopters en vliegtuigen zoals de A10 Warthog gemonteerd in een aanvals- of anti-tankrol. Een europese variant is het Oerlikon machinegeweer. De eerste variant van de gatling gun was het Maxim machinegeweer, de zogenaamde koffiemolen die je vaak in Westerns ziet.

Ballistic
Belgium
Local time: 07:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Dutch
PRO pts in category: 56

9 mins confidence:

Gatling mitrailleur

Explanation:
machinegeweer
Gatling is proper noun.

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Note added at 14 mins (2004-10-20 12:57:23 GMT)
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The Gatling Gun in the Civil War
\"The Gatling gun saw only limited use in the Civil War, but the conflict tested this weapon, perhaps the first successful machine gun used in warfare. Invented by Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, the Civil War model served as the precursor of more successful models.

\"The Gatling gun was a hand-crank-operated weapon with six barrels revolving around a central shaft. The cartridges were fed to the gun by gravity through a hopper mounted on the top of the gun. Six cam-operated bolts alternately wedged, fired, and dropped the bullets, which were contained in steel chambers. Gatling used the six barrels to partially cool the gun during firing. Since the gun was capable of firing 600 rounds a minute, each barrel fired 100 rounds per minute.

\"The gun had a number of problems, however. The bores were tapered, and often the barrels and chambers did not exactly align, affecting accuracy and velocity. The chamber system itself, in which a paper cartridge was contained inside a capped steel chamber, was both expensive and fragile. While the gun showed much promise and fired the standard .58-caliber ammunition, it had so many drawbacks and was so radical in design and purpose that Gatling was unable to interest the U.S. government. The army purchased none of his guns, but Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, after a field test, purchased 12 for $1,000 each. They were used on the Petersburg front in 1864 and were apparently considered successful. That, however, was the only service the guns saw.

\"In January, 1865 Gatling\'s improved model 1865 gun was tested by the Ordnance Department. Among other things, this weapon used rimfire copper-cased cartridges instead of the steel-chambered paper variety. Though this model did not see service, it was adopted officially in 1866. Having at least received government approval, Gatling began to sell his guns throughout the world; they achieved lasting fame in the post-war years.

--- taken verbatim from the Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War. Particia L. Faust (ed). ISBN 0-06-181261-7

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Note added at 16 mins (2004-10-20 12:59:06 GMT)
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Please see also: http://world.guns.ru/machine/minigun-e.htm

Reference: http://www.mindef.nl/Images/DK25_tcm6-39215.pdf

Sven Petersson
Sweden
Local time: 07:31
Native speaker of:

Swedish,

English

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