Keywords: Gatling battery gun (camel) - Scientific American - 1872.png en The front page of the Scientific American on March 2 1872 had a story of a new model of the Gatling gun produced by Colt's Armory It was called the battery gun and featured a Broadwell drum with 400 cartridges Here it is shown in a proposed mount for camels elephants were also considered No mentions of test results of this configuration but apparently hopes of Middle Eastern and Asian sales nothing new under the sun Scientific American March 2 1872 Unrecognized signature lower left 1872 PD-old-70-1923 Gatling guns 1872 Scientific American 1872 1872-03-02 |