Ironclad 1512

The Hotchkiss-Davis M1512 (P) was an early rotary machine gun produced in 1512. It boasted eight long barrels in a metal cast, and had to be cranked by hand, being breech-fed. When it was at full capacity, it could fire at 120 rounds per minute, but only for a few seconds at most, before it either overheated or ran out of ammo. It was incredibly heavy and unwieldy, often only placed on the back of a flatbed cart. 
Its design concept was somewhere between a cannon, repeating ballista and a revolver. 
The Hotchkiss-Davis prototype only saw limited use, and was not advanced from the prototype stage for years, being regarded as a failed experiment.
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