Nordenfelt gun

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Named after the Swedish steel producer and banker Thorsten Nordenfelt, who funded its development.

Noun[edit]

Nordenfelt gun (plural Nordenfelt guns)

  1. (firearms, historical) A kind of organ gun having a row of up to twelve barrels, and fired by pulling a lever back and forth, with ammunition fed by gravity through a chute for each barrel.
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