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The granddaddy of the machine gun. The multi-barreled Billinghurst-Requa Battery gun of 1862. The modern descendents of the battery gun, the latest type of machine gun, are now being produced in large quantities at the armory in the war program
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Credit lineThe granddaddy of the machine gun. The multi-barreled Billinghurst-Requa Battery gun of 1862. The modern descendents of the battery gun, the latest type of machine gun, are now being produced in large. 1942-01-01. Palmer, Alfred T., United States. Office For Emergency Management. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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