Authors: C. J. Chivers

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The Gun (83 page)

size and weight of,
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tests of,
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Gatling, Richard J.,
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alleged Confederate sympathies of,
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Ashanti War and,
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and casualties inflicted by Gatling gun,
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Civil War and,
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death of,
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finances of,
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Gardner’s rivalry with,
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in Gatling gun design and development,
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Gatling gun patent and,
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Gatling gun production and,
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in Gatling gun promotion and sales,
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Gatling gun tests and,
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Nobel’s quarrels with,
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Gatling gun,
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accuracy of,
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ammunition of,
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Ashanti war and,
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casualties inflicted by,
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Civil War and,
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competition of,
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decline of,
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design and development of,
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effectiveness and reliability of,
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ferocity and power of,
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finances of,
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Fosbery on,
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in Franco-Prussian War,
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in Indian wars,
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in Italian campaign in Ethiopia,
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jamming of,
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miniaturization of,
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patent of,
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physical appearance of,
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precursors of,
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prison breaks prevented by,
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production and distribution of,
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prototypes of,
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Roosevelt on,
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size and weight of,
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in Spanish-American War,
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tactical uses of,
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tests and demonstrations of,
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training on,
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Yomuds repulsed by,
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in Zulu War,
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Gatling Gun Company,
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finances of,
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promotion and sales of,
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Geary, John W.,
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GECO,
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Geddes, Sir Eric,
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George I, King of Great Britain,
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Georgia:

and collapse of Soviet Union,
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M-4s used by,
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purchase price of AK rifles in,
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German Democratic Republic (East Germany),
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AK and AK-type rifles produced and distributed by,
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attempted escape from,
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early use of AK-47s in,
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popular uprising in,
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weapons pilfering in,
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weapons stockpiling and,
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German Empire:

automatic rifles used by,
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and Maxim gun and Maxim gun knock-off production,
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Maxim gun demonstration in,
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Maxim guns used by,
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special machine-gun units of,
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submachine guns used by,
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in World War I,
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Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany),
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and AK-47 production and distribution,
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attempted escape to,
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reunification of,
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terrorism in,
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weapons stockpiling and,
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Germany, Nazi,
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and AK-47 design and development,
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automatic rifles used by,
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rifle cartridges of,
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Soviet occupation of,
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Soviet Union invaded by,
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submachine guns used by,
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tanks of,
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weapons stockpiling and,
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in World War II,
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