>>24598383I thought we already had the interrupted screw for breech-loading artillery? I figured the Puckle gun at least made sense as "early semi-auto, but not busted" and meant to be used by specialized teams of infantry defending picket lines, defending batteries from cav raids, or firing off the decks of ships. We have our smaller vessels still use abus guns as more menacing and maneuverable versions of punt guns, after all, when full swivel culverins aren't suitable.
That's why I proposed the Nichols Gun, an early predecessor of the Gatling that apparently never made it out of the pages of Scientific American, besides whatever prototype J.R. Nichols, whoever he was, built. Electrically ignited too! I have the excerpt here, that's the only source Wikipedia gives me.
