Pilot1
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the Gatlin gun he was suppose to take (actually three of them) where carriage mounted ...pieces of "artillery" really...not much use for a quick strike force....I don't know how to post the individual image but look at these monstersIt would have been nice if Custer had taken the Gatling Guns like he was supposed to. Idiot.
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If that would have worked, than they could have used the 1500 men infantery that marches up from the South..the main force under Sheridan
All true, but a tactician would have used them in an ambush role after luring the Indians to an open area where they could be effective. The problem the Calvary had was lack of firepower with their damn single shot rifles, and getting cartridges stuck in the breech of the Sharps carbine, which was an inferior weapon to the Indians lever action Henry's and Winchesters.