9/17/2023 0 Comments Reffye mitrailleuse 1867![]() ![]() Embedding has been disabled for it, so readers will have to follow the link to view it directly through YouTube. This isn’t the first time the Reffy has made an appearance on YouTube, as in November of 2013 a video of what is most likely the same reproduction gun and crew was uploaded. Eventually, rapidly reloaded fully automatic fire was brought into service in the early days of the metallic cartridge with the Gatling and its French analogue, the mitrailleuse, with the more obscure Gardner following about a decade later. Julien Lucot, writer for the French gun magazine Cibles, sent footage of a reproduction French Reffy (or Reffye) mitrailleuse to Forgotten Weapons, where it was posted for our enjoyment. Attempts were made to facilitate fully repeating, automatic fire as early as they could be conceived with the technology of their period. Not for a lack of vision did 18th and early 19th Century weapons designers fail to create successful automatic weapons. ![]()
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