Montigny Mitrailleuse 1863
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- This animation shows the firing mechanism for the Christophe-Montigny mitrailleuse (grapeshot shooter) developed around 1863 in Belgium. The model shown here has 37 barrels, and is quoted as being able to fire 6-8 salvos (nearly 300 rounds) a minute, although the cartridge mounting plate looks to be a weak design. This gun was adopted by Austria in 1869, and although tested by the English, was rejected in preference to the Gatling gun. For more information on the Montigny mitrailleuse, including a description of the operating mechanism, Google search for Victorian Ship Models, or anti torpedo boat guns.
The best video that I've seen with respect to showing how the weapon works.
Interesting that the fire control mechanism and breech closure are simpler on this than on the 1867. Before I checked the dates, I assumed this was a later improvement. I wonder why the later gun was more complicated.
the later, the fewer gun barrels and more convenient to use
Simplification can be its own improvement, and often makes a firearm (or really any machine) cheaper/easier to manufacture and/or more reliable. The removal of the "Blish lock" mechanism from the M1928 Thompson during WWII is a good example.
Great contribution to the history of firearms, and ease of understanding complicated mechanisms
19th century French automation at its finest.
@@twistedyogert Wasn’t this gun a Belgian invention?
Imagine if the combatants in the American Civil War would’ve had this gun especially during pickets charge it would’ve been perhaps even worse
Jaja gatling gun go brrr
Quelle merveille, quelle simplicité!!!!
Saw a similar gun in one of the Clint Eastwood movies when I was a kid but never thought it could have been realistic. Thanks :D
Yeaaa but so dose most guns in most movies =P
Je vous remercie pour vos aimables commentaires. Si vous êtes intéressé, il ya deux Montigny Mitrailleuse dans le Musée de l'Armée Belge à Bruxelles, .
Merci pour votre vidéo. Ceux sont parfait d'étudier comment ceux fonctionnent!
This mechanism is rare 😮😮
I remember this thing mainly from its brief appearance in the Clint Eastwood western, "A Fist Full of Dollars" (1964). The main villain, Ramon (played by Gian Volonte), having infiltrated a squad of Union soldiers with a stolen uniform, commandeers it to murder them all (and a squad of Mexican Federales they were meeting) and steal the shipment of weapons they're escorting.
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Gabriel, very well spotted. Purely for the sake of research you understand, I watched the film again. The front half of the gun is loosely modeled on a Montigny (but with too many barrels) while the rear half might be modeled on a Maxim (without an ammunition belt). Ramon is using a two handed grip, but the Montigny is operated by turning a crank. So the gun is totally made up - but what the heck, why let technical inaccuracies spoil a good story. Regards Rob
Yeah I think vbbsmyt is correct. Looks like a studio prop that may combine the two guns. I wonder if it still exists in a dusty studio warehouse somewhere? The ingenuity of early gun makers to design multi-shot firearms always amazes me. Good video.
It appears that Leone used a mockup of a Maxim-type gun with a multi-barreled front end, probably because the Maxim was simply too modern and, above all, this gun is a crew weapon and really requires a crew to keep it going. Now, that being said, it seems more simple and foolproof than later designs. As long as you have plates of ammo, this thing should work. But John Browning always wins in the end. Stephen Hawking was jealous of the genius of John Browning. Einstein couldn’t even bring himself to say the name.
excellent visualisation
The genius of Belgian engineering
Extra points for animating the large amount of smoke that black powder will cause.
This was an awesome weapon that was not understood and used poorly another case of technology outstripping the mind of 👨
very informed, thank you.
Fantastico video. Muchas gracias por compartirlo. :-)
This one seems relatively simple compared to the other one.
Best minigun ever
HOLY SHIZ THATS THE WORLDS LARGEST SPEED LOADER!!!
made in Belgium
superbe!!!
Superb! Do you know where I can see an animation of a chain gun mechanism?
Hello! I am making a youtube video about Franco-Prussian war, can i use this video?
pew pew pew pew pew
funny i see a toggle lock !
Where?
Всё для человека, всё во благо человека.
Cool
*Metal Storm 1863*
I wonder how well it would have pitted against a gatlin gun. Similar time period, similar operation.
EthanJM not at all similar operation
1860's gatlings did not require reload but I assume the crank was harder to operate because in the Mitrailuse here the firing pins are cocked when reloaded and the bullets are already behind the barrel.
On a gatling the crank had to cock the firing pins and rotate the bullets, so a stiff crank.
@@neptune3569 The crank actually looks remarkably easy to turn in this video.
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Yea the guns work verry differently from eachother. That being said, they would've been comparable. I'd say the gatling would've had a slower rate of fire due to the stiffer crank but a longer amount of time it could fire. The mittailleuse, in my opinion, would've been at a disadvantage due to its lack of sustainable firepower. As far as effective range, weight, so on I wouldn't know.
The Gatling gun was probably much more prone to fouling in the mechanism with a good crew I think this bad boy could have given the Gatling gun a run for its money the round that was used in this gun was the most powerful black powder round in the world for its time 💀💀💀
Servus, are you true, that this gun is a Model 1863?
Heinz: OK, as it has 37 barrels, it is the 1867 model. The 1863 had only 31 barrels. Well spotted. Rob
it was forbidden to use in europe so the french used it on "lat dior " a resistant to colonialism and his troops in Senegal but they still fought the french for 25 years with 100 years older mousquets .
The French have copied the old model, Belgium has sold this machine gun to the Prussians last the Franco-Prussian war.
Tbh compared to Gatling's Gun
This look obsolete for the time
Gatling's is more faster
And is abit accurate
This is lighter, easier to use with only one man,(as many Gatlings required a loader and gunner), and has a similar rate of fire for much cheaper production.
It's apples to apples.
@@lukeingle5587 not to mention brass cartridges were still insanely expensive to manufacture for even the most well funded militaries. Brass cartridge firing guns wouldn’t become popular until the 1880s and only saw adoption in the 1870s despite the technology existing for decades before that. The Gatling gun used brass cartridges.
machine gun of 18's
Savez-vous si la mitrailleuse Montigny était capable de tirer tous les tours à la fois? Ou était-ce seulement un tir rapide? Pardonnez mon pauvre français.
These things shouldve ended the Prussian army and its German confederacy allies. It was not to be
Had Napoleon III fought a better war in 1870, prrhaps 1914 and 1939 couldve been avoided as for the world wars that they began
The French failed to use them tactically in the Franco Prussian war,,👎 wasted opportunity,,