The Nordenfelt gun was a multiple-barrel organ gun that had a row of up to twelve barrels. It was fired by pulling a lever back and forth and ammunition...
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Thorsten Nordenfelt (1 March 1842 – 8 February 1920) was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. Nordenfelt was born in Örby outside Kinna, Sweden, the son...
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The 1-inch Nordenfelt gun was an early quick-firing light gun intended to defend larger warships against the new small fast-moving torpedo boats in the...
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The Maxim-Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company was the result of a takeover by Hiram Maxim of Thorsten Nordenfelt's Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company...
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The QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt was a light 57 mm naval gun and coast defence gun of the late 19th century used by many countries. Note that this gun should...
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The 5.7 cm Maxim-Nordenfelt "Canon de caponnière" was a fortress gun and infantry gun developed during the 1880s in Britain which was sold to Belgium and...
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Nick; Rohland, Nadin; Mallick, Swapan; Llamas, Bastien; Brandt, Guido; Nordenfelt, Susanne; Harney, Eadaoin; Stewardson, Kristin; Fu, Qiaomei (11 June 2015)...
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Thorsten Nordenfelt merged with Maxim's in 1888 to form the Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Company. Two years later, a bankrupt Nordenfelt was forced...
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Megan; Oppenheimer, Jonas; Broomandkhoshbacht, Nasreen; Harney, Eadaoin; Nordenfelt, Susanne; Llamas, Bastien (November 2017). "Parallel palaeogenomic transects...
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Mitrailleuse of 1851, the Gatling gun of 1861, the Gardner gun of 1874, or the Nordenfelt gun of 1873. The Maxim gun was water cooled, allowing it to sustain its...
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The QF 3-pounder Nordenfelt was a light 47 mm quick-firing naval gun and coast defence gun of the late 19th century used by many countries. The United...
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the Hague Convention of 1899. Early versions were sold under the Maxim-Nordenfelt label, whereas versions in British service (i.e. from 1900) were labelled...
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Nordenfelt v Maxim Nordenfelt Guns and Ammunition Co Ltd [1894] AC 535 is a 19th-century English case decided by the House of Lords. The dispute was about...
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pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss, a British 57 mm tank gun of 1917 QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt, a 57 mm naval gun of the 1880s very similar to the Hotchkiss Ordnance...
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Ottomans, purchased it. Nordenfelt commissioned the Barrow Shipyard in England in 1886 to build Nordenfelt II (Abdül Hamid) and Nordenfelt III (Abdül Mecid)...
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ABC Television drama Janet King. The following year, Alcock played Maya Nordenfelt in the Showcase drama Fighting Season. She also appeared in the sixth...
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Pacific Mahdist War First Matabele War First Sino-Japanese War World War I Nordenfelt gun: similar hand-cranked machine gun An initial warm-up burst of 200...
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The Italians also adopted the competing 43 calibre Nordenfelt 6 pounder gun and by 1909 the Nordenfelt had replaced the Hotchkiss in service. This was the...
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Nick; Rohland, Nadin; Mallick, Swapan; Llamas, Bastien; Brandt, Guido; Nordenfelt, Susanne; Harney, Eadaoin; Stewardson, Kristin; Fu, Qiaomei (11 June 2015)...
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for defence against torpedo boats. It was produced for export by Maxim-Nordenfelt (later Vickers, Sons and Maxim) in competition with the Elswick QF 12-pounder...
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armed with the MG 08/15, and the other being armed with a 5.7 cm Maxim-Nordenfelt gun. Its armor was 8 to 14 mm thick, which led to a total weight of 8...
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'Speedo' Collins Ewen Leslie as Captain Edward 'Ted' Nordenfelt Kate Mulvany as Captain Kim Nordenfelt Sarah Armanious as Vanessa Collins Marco Alosio as...
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the Imperial Chinese Navy built by AG Vulcan Stettin were armed with Nordenfelt 3-pounder guns firing the same ammunition. During the First Sino-Japanese...
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47 mm naval gun used by many countries from 1885 QF 3-pounder Nordenfelt – Nordenfelt 47 mm naval gun used by many countries from 1885 QF 3-pounder Vickers...
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Mehrrohrkanone, meaning multi-barrelled gun) can refer to weapons such as the Nordenfelt gun but is more commonly used referring to this naval CIWS defence system...
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Remington Rolling Block rifle – used by Guardia Civil The Spanish Remington Nordenfelt guns Krupp gun Ordóñez guns – Spanish coast guard Krupp guns were used...
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Qing Minigun XM214 Microgun M197 Gatling gun Komodo Armament Eli gun Nordenfelt Gun Gast Gun Chain gun Gatling gun, the 1860s firearm that originated...
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put on historical display in Germany. The boats Nordenfelt I and Nordenfelt II, built to a Nordenfelt design, followed in 1890. In 1903, the Friedrich...
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M1914 Gardner M1886 Hotchkiss M1914 Lewis Mk I Maxim M1906 and M1911 Nordenfelt M1884 Perino M1908 Saint Étienne M1907 Vickers Mk I SIA Modelo 1918 Madsen...
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was slow to operate. While working as a weapons designer for Thorsten Nordenfelt in London, Axel Welin solved this problem in 1889–1890 with his stepped...
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