JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
LoC, patent drawing of Bernhard Franke's repeating cannon, entered July, 1862
Patent drawings count as artwork. I'm no expert but can't remember a ' repeater ' cannon? Patent 1862, ' breech loading repeating cannon ', was that a ' thing '? Before asking what seemed a stupid question I looked it up and couldn't find anything? Seems different from the Gatling gun, right?
Why would this never have made it into use? I cringe thinking about the casualty rate had the Gatling gun been perfected earlier, this seems awfully deadly, no?