| Henry Martini | 10 Apr 2013 7:18 a.m. PST |
Does anyone have any solid information on this subject? There's a photo of a Hotchkiss revolving cannon in the Osprey. Considering that it was contemporaneous with the Gatling and employed a similar firing mechanism, it doesn't seem too much of a stretch to suppose that the Gatling was also in use, especially considering the quantity of obsolete materiel sourced from the US by the revolutionary factions. |
| Glengarry5 | 10 Apr 2013 11:15 a.m. PST |
I think the gatling would've been out of date by the Mexican revolution, despite the evidence of its use in spaghetti westerns! |
| mashrewba | 10 Apr 2013 11:39 a.m. PST |
Frankly the fact that it is seen in spaghetti westerns is good enough for me -especially if it's mounted in a railway car…. |
| Richard Baber | 10 Apr 2013 11:35 p.m. PST |
In war a commander would use whatever he could get his hands on IMHO. Not all armies have the most modern/advanced weapons, particularly true from second tier countries and revolutionary armies; you use what you have Remember Rommel was still using PZ1s (well obsolete and mechanically unreliable) as recce tanks in North Africa in late 1941 anyone? Both Allies & Axis had old MGs – MG08s, Hotchkiss and Lewis guns being used in 1940. Don`t forget Pancho Villa had "home made" black-powder cannon, built from steel pipes and railway sleepers ……….. A Gardiner Gun (the weapon actually on display at the Tower of London) was captured from the Turks at Gallipoli. All the obsolete rubbish sold to the Spanish Government by the Soviets during the SCW!!!!!!! Finally, its your game, enjoy it :-) |
| Doc Ord | 11 Apr 2013 12:03 p.m. PST |
30-40 Krags were sent to Mexico and 30-40 gatlings were made so why not? |
| Henry Martini | 12 Apr 2013 4:05 a.m. PST |
Krag-jorgensen rifles/carbines? Considering that these were used to equip whole Constitutionalist brigades, thousands would have been supplied. |
| Doc Ord | 15 Apr 2013 2:27 p.m. PST |
that's right so surely some gatlings made their way south. |
| Henry Martini | 15 Apr 2013 6:33 p.m. PST |
Six posts since my original query, and the only one of them that includes anything resembling solid information is from me. Reading comprehension grade: F- |
| mashrewba | 16 Apr 2013 12:59 p.m. PST |
Right now who's going to put all Henry's toys back in the cot? |
| Richard Baber | 18 Apr 2013 2:35 a.m. PST |
A bit harsh i thought myself :-) According to the Handbook of the Mexican Army (prepared by the War Office) 1906 A normal infantry division had a variable number of machine guns? It also lists a machine Gun company (classed as artillery, but always grouped with infantry units). Consisting of 12 guns, either 7mm Hotchkiss or 7mm Colts (not a mixture of the two types)each with 75 officers and men and 25 mules. Even in 1906, there is no mention of Gatling guns. |
| Henry Martini | 18 Apr 2013 4:52 a.m. PST |
Well, that settles it: Fail. |
ponders nirvana.