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Nordenfelt gun

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The Nordenfelt Gun was a manually operated machine gun in use at approximately the same time as the Gatling. It was designed by Helge Palmcrantz and patented by Thorsten Nordenfelt who were both from Sweden.

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The weapon had a row of 2 to 10 barrels and was operated by ragging a lever back and forth and could fire one barrel at a time or all with a pull of the lever. It fired harder-hitting rounds and gave more stopping power and gave a greater terminal ballistic effect than the Gatling, making this machine gun popular with the Royal Navy for use against Torpedo Boats. A hangfire was also less likely to render this weapon unserviceable due to the longer time between striking and unlocking than in the Gatling.

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There was also the 'Gardner Gun', similar to the Nordenfelt but with a simpler mechanism and with a crank handle instead of a ragging lever.
 
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