15-010a Bonus M1919 Picture of the Day

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Marine armorers have a lot of work ahead of them – these .30 caliber M1919 Browning machine guns were damaged or burnt out during the fighting.

These are waiting to be shipped to the range to train new troops (that's me in the center)Attachment 59160

Top pic would be what's affectionately known as a gunpile...bottom is after RCS spent time sorting them out...

RCS, does the vehicle marking in the background say 'Co A 108th Engineers'?

108th Engineer Combat Battalion

I had heard a rumour that general electrics had a gatling minigun (Electrically driven) almost ready by wars end it may have not been an Aerospace weapon but would have certainly been a battle changer.

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

I had heard a rumour that general electrics had a gatling minigun (Electrically driven) almost ready by wars end it may have not been an Aerospace weapon but would have certainly been a battle changer.

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GE's own post -war book about all their contributions to the war effort has no mention of this nor have I heard this in any mini-gun literature.
Chris

Research shows the electric mini or Gatling gun was designed in 1960.

Hell of a weapon though -- first Spooky and then Spectre, awesome!

Bob, you have the family line wrong.
First Spookie - 120

Then Shadow - 116

And then Spectre - 116

I witnessed a fully loaded AC-119 crash on fire into a rice paddy one night. Not a good memory that one.

Actually Dr. Gatling's electric-powered design received a U.S. Patent #502,185 on July 25, 1893. The idea has been around for a while.

--fjruple