A hand-driven machine gun, the Gatlinggun was the first firearm to solve the problems of loading, reliability, and the firing of sustained bursts.
早期的盖特机炮虽然要靠手摇才能开火，但它毕竟是同时解决了装弹、稳定性、连续开火问题的首款火力武器。
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A youth who can't hit a cathedral at thirty yards with a Gatlinggun in three quarters of an hour, can take up an old empty musket and bag his grandmother every time, at a hundred.
After a late entry into the American Civil War, delayed by suspicions of newfangled weapons among some senior soldiers, the Gatlinggun was put to use at home and abroad.