10.66mm ten barrels Nobel machine gun
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Bulgarian designation : |
десетцевни 10,66 мм картечница
“Нобел” |
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Russian designation : |
10-ствольная
4,2-линейная
скорострельная
пушка обр.
1871 г. |
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Weight of the carriage : |
276.5 kg
(light carriage) |
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Weight in marching order : |
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Gun length : |
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Barrel length : |
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Barrel grooves |
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6 |
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width : |
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Cartridge |
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length : |
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metal : |
brass |
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Bullet |
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length : |
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charge : |
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metal : |
hardened
lead |
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Muzzle velocity : |
430 m/s |
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Max. range : |
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Elevation : |
+ 60° / +
50° (with light carriage) |
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Traversing angle : |
60° |
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Wheels height : |
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Rate of fire : |
250/300
rounds per minute |
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Alimentation : |
aluminium
box with 24 rounds (mod. 1871) four boxes
with 25 rounds each (mod. 1874) |
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Ammunition : |
6048
rounds (with 4 pdr carriage) 6720
rounds (with light carriage) |
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Transport : |
drawn by
four horses |
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Crew : |
7 men |
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Remarks : Mechanical
machine gun (mitrailleur) introduced in the Russian
Army in 1871 and manufactured by the firm Ludwig Nobel of Sankt Petersburg.
It was based on a 12.7mm six barrels Gatlin machine gun bought in 1862, and
on a 10.7mm ten barrels machine gun designed by col. Aleksandr
Pavlovich Gorlov, a
member of the Russian Artillery Committee. In the machine guns delivered to
the Bulgarian Army the barrels were mounted on the carriage of the 4 pdr field gun with an improved iron frame. They fired the
same ammunition as the Berdan 2 rifle. At the beginning of the Russo-Turkish
War 16 ten and six barrels machine guns were delivered to the Bulgarian
National Army. At the beginning of the Balkan War 8 ten barrels machine guns
were still in service. |
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Ten barrel machine gun
with light carriage and artillery limber |
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Pictures
from Pleven, Byala, Shipka
Thanks to Biser Bonchevski |