We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:48:26 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Confused? Click here. That's a bullet for the Nordenfeldt 1-inch anti-torpedo boat gun. The Nordenfeldt guns were an early type of machine-gun. Like the Gatling gun, they used multiple barrels and mechanical power to operate. Unlike the Gatling, the didn't last very long in the grand scheme of things, much less enjoy a renaissance when someone realized what electricity might accomplish when applied to the concept. Here's a group of Brit tars training with one (though no feed hopper has been loaded). The Nordenfeldt guns were developed between 1873 and 1878 and were very popular in Europe, especially amongst the... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html Tue, 21 Nov 2006 06:30:33 -0600 armament specs. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53281 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53281 Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:41:33 -0600 HMS Cerberus, which might ring an Ozzie bell... Though I got the picture elsewhere, it's there on that site, too.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53273 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53273 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:54:06 -0600 Oh, and the middle picture? HMS Cerebus, which might ring an Ozzie bell... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53272 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53272 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:54:05 -0600 Geoff - I rather think the one at the National Maritime Museum in Blighty is nicer than yours... all that gleaming bronze. As for the condition of ours - yep, we took (and at many museums, still take) crappy care of things like this. Especially at Army Museums. The Navy and Air Force, with all that flight pay to draw on, have much better private support than us dumb grunts. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53271 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53271 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:51:03 -0600 Interesting note. The guy who brought back all the Martini rifles from the Armory in Napal also found a couple of twin-barreled Nordenfelt guns there(not to mention a pile of other interesting boomenshooters). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53270 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53270 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:50:08 -0600 "The sailor on the left ..." hmmm, looks like what sailors would refer to as "... to starboard". Tsk Cheers [Oh, feh, I fixed that in the version that got... dumped.] http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53266 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53266 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:59:18 -0600 Nordenfeldt and click on the pictures for a larger image. P.S. ours is nicer than yours (snark) - is that because it is squid equipment? ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53259 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53259 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:55:40 -0600 Before the "progressives" took over, the Melbourne Museum (Australia) had quite an impressive firearms gallery. The Nordenfeldt in the collection took pride of place at the entrance to the gallery, and was able to be touched and operated. Thousands of children must have put millions of imaginary rounds in defence of Her Majesty's Victorian Ships through that weapon. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53258 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53258 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:42:59 -0600 Trias - as in a harpoon gun? Not really. Perhaps I don't understand the question. Pogue- they fired in sequence. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53255 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53255 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:06:55 -0600 So did the barrels fire sequentially or volley? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53253 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53253 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:57:02 -0600 Interesting. It makes me think of harpoon. Is it based on the design or am i delusional again? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53248 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53248 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:04:07 -0600 now that is certainly an interesting little bit of bang stick. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53245 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_sunday_what.html#comment-53245 Tue, 21 Nov 2006 08:27:20 -0600