Puckle gun

It was one of the earliest weapons to be referred to as a "machine gun", being called such in a 1722 shipping manifest,[2] though its operation does not match the modern use of the term.

Rotating the cylinder causes a slot and stud mechanism to close the firing pan on the previous chamber and open the next ready to be primed.

The crank is then screwed tight again, locking the tapered end of the chamber into the barrel to form a gas-tight seal.

The Puckle gun drew few investors and never achieved mass production or sales to the British armed forces.

[10] The curators did not know its true origin, and mistook the flintlock as the sight, and that the gun was fired by a lit match.

[13] A single example of a two-inch bore, five-shot revolver cannon was built and used by the Confederate States of America during the Siege of Petersburg.

It was captured on 27 April 1865 by Union troops and sent for examination to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

However, these Puckle guns possess a comparatively high fire rate of around 120 RPM, in stark contrast to their historical inspiration.

The player can upgrade the ship's Puckle guns over the course of the game to be more powerful and have larger breech cylinders to hold more ammunition.

In the 2009 video game Empire: Total War, players can use Puckle guns during real-time battles, among other types of foot artillery, after researching certain technologies.