Volley Guns?

[cosmicfish]

Those weapons were woefully inefficient. They were created as experiments, curiosities, and for other thoroughly impractical purposes. That might happen again, certainly, but I think it would be a stretch to see them deployed on any real scale.

[dragoon500ly]

Concur, little practicable use due to their bulk/weight and slow reload times.

On the other hand, the larger, carriage mounted versions did serve to protect gates, bridges or other narrow approaches, but the same reload issues render these weapons, at best, one or two shot wonders, still having the possibility of facing a 80-barrel version guarding a gate, well, going over that wall sure looks inviting...

[mmartin798]

Originally Posted by cosmicfish

They were created as experiments, curiosities, and for other thoroughly impractical purposes.

One such case I recall is where someone build a 20 barrel version using barrels that were rejects from a rifle manufacturer to use in an assassination attempt. when fired 13 people were killed, but his target received only a minor wound.