The Puckle gun (also known as the defence gun) was a primitive crew-served, manually operated flintlock [1] revolver patented in 1718 by James Puckle (1667–1724), a British inventor, lawyer and writer.

James Puckle (1667–1724) was an English inventor, lawyer and writer from London chiefly remembered for his invention of the Defence Gun, better known as the Puckle gun, a multi-shot gun mounted on a stand capable of (depending on which version) firing up to …

On May 15, 1718, Englishman James Puckle patented his machine gun, the world’s first! You may have thought the Gatling gun or the Maxim machine gun was the first machine gun, but depending on how you define “machine gun” James Puckle, Esq. (yes, he was a lawyer) got there first.

2023年3月15日 · The Puckle Gun, as it became known as, was a single-barrel flintlock weapon fitted with a manually-operated revolving cylinder. Consisting of a three-foot-long barrel, its cylinder had the ability to fire nine rounds per minute – an impressive total, given more traditional muskets could only fire three.

The Puckle Gun, or Defense Gun as it was also known, was invented and patented in 1718 by the London lawyer James Puckle. This early automatic weapon was rather bizarrely designed to fire round bullets at Christians and square bullets at the Muslim Turks.

2021年4月26日 · Invented in 1718, his “Puckle Gun” is the first weapon to be called a “machine gun,” even if it doesn’t fit the modern definition of the word. The Puckle Gun was tripod mounted, intended for use on ships but had field uses as well. The cylinders revolved manually, firing 32mm shot through a 3-foot barrel and loaded while detached from the main gun.

2020年2月4日 · The Puckle Gun was patented by London lawyer, inventor and author James Puckle in 1718. It was officially titled the Defence Gun and was a flintlock weapon with a revolver-like rotating cylinder of 6-11 shots. The weapon could fire an incredible nine shots per minute.

Noted historians have deemed this gun, “The First Machine Gun” – certainly, the first patented machine gun of it’s kind, which was patented by James Puckle on July 25, 1718 in England. But was Puckle the inventor of this gun?

The Puckle gun (also known as the Defence gun) was a primitive autocannon invented in 1718 by James Puckle (1667–1724) a British inventor, lawyer and writer. The Puckle gun mechanism was essentially a flintlock revolver; the design concept behind the …

2021年10月1日 · The Puckle gun is also referred to as the defense gun. It was a crew-served flint-locked weapon that was manually-operated. The device was patented by James Puckle in 1718. Puckle was a lawyer, writer, and inventor. The operation of the Puckle gun does not represent what is known today as a machine gun, but it is often referred to as one.