. The Civil War . / /^i:^ ts^tf^ *r The Louisville TimesApril 20, 1959 The first machine gun in his-tory was bought by AbrahamLincoln for the Army. Lin-coln called the new type gun acoffee New Model Five Barreled Gatling Gun, Weight 9/ Pounds. As a practical military machine gun, the GATLING has no equal. It fires to 1,000 shots per minute, has great accuracy, and the larger calibres havean effective range of over two miles. The following calibres are made: .42, .43,.45, .50, .55, .65, .75, and 1 inch. It has been adopted by nearly all the principalgovernments of the world


. The Civil War . / /^i:^ ts^tf^ *r The Louisville TimesApril 20, 1959 The first machine gun in his-tory was bought by AbrahamLincoln for the Army. Lin-coln called the new type gun acoffee New Model Five Barreled Gatling Gun, Weight 9/ Pounds. As a practical military machine gun, the GATLING has no equal. It fires to 1,000 shots per minute, has great accuracy, and the larger calibres havean effective range of over two miles. The following calibres are made: .42, .43,.45, .50, .55, .65, .75, and 1 inch. It has been adopted by nearly all the principalgovernments of the world. Address, QatiiBg QuM G9mpamy, HARTFORD, CONN., U. S. A. REPUBLISHED BY THOMAS WORONIECKI CORPORATION, NEW YORK, NEW YORKALL RIGHTS RESERVED APRIL, 1959 :>Roy ,E. Smith, •Pub usher ■Wuhfti H. Fowliir,- Ed:! or, Ger. era I Man ager tori;ol Offices :■iiox it<31, Ha Tisbiirg, Pa. V(!33-;-234-5091) :,17105 nircuJatiOriiAdvertising Offices:^v:5G2 York Street, Gettysburg, Pa.•■^(■Phone 334-5390) .17325 tDlTlRJAL STAFF: ^ <k)i, Wilburs. Nye; Managing Editor: ,:■;.; phcn E. Ambrose,-. D HofTsomiTicr,:f retlfiic: ^■. Klein ,^v: le Editors --. ^re-^vf-ic lay


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