![]() ![]() Joseph Montigny of Fontaine-I'Eveque (Brussels) made these first examples, a limited number of which were designed by the Belgian army for the defense of Belgian forts. The earliest mitrailleuse weapons came from Belgium in 1851, the most famous form being the brainchild of Belgian army captain Toussaint-Henry-Joseph Fafschamps. Unlike traditional "gatling guns", in which multiple barrels are arranged in sequence in the firing chamber, the mitrailleuse is classified as a "salvo" weapon because all of its barrels are fired at the same time (or nearly at the same time).Īs such, their use on the battlefield resembled an artillery gun (a field gun with a line of sight) rather than a mobile, offensive artillery platform, and bore little resemblance to the machine guns we know today. ![]() Mitrailleuse is a generic French term used to identify a specific battlefield weapon that relies on multiple barrels.
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