mitrailleuse

A mitrailleuse is a type of volley gun with barrels of rifle calibre that can fire either all rounds at once or in rapid succession. The earliest true mitrailleuse was theorized and proposed in 1851 by Belgian Army captain Fafschamps, ten years before the advent of the Gatling gun. It was followed by the Belgian Montigny mitrailleuse in 1863. Then the French 25 barrel "Canon à Balles", better known as the Reffye mitrailleuse, was adopted in great secrecy in 1866. It became the first rapid-firing weapon deployed as standard equipment by any army in a major conflict when it was used during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71.

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1866 — 1908  Wikimedia, Wikidata
400 produced, 
machine gun, field gun, 

AMC 34, AMR 33, AMR 35, field gun, 

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1866 — 1908 mitrailleuse

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Franco-Prussian War

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Frameless

Belgian Mirailleuse, circa 1850, on display in Coronado Star Park, Coronado, CA

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Belgian Mirailleuse, circa 1850, on display in Coronado Star Park, Coronado, CA		Commons