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To: Macho MAGA Man
Custer was offered a battery of Gatling guns, which he declined. Given the terrain and how slow Gatling guns travel, that was a reasonable decision on Custer’s part.

Nevertheless, it makes for yet another interesting “what if”.


12 posted on 06/25/2024 11:43:23 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right
Custer was offered a battery of Gatling guns, which he declined. Given the terrain and how slow Gatling guns travel, that was a reasonable decision on Custer’s part. Nevertheless, it makes for yet another interesting “what if”.

Rather than using single shot rifles, arming the men with repeating rifles would have had greater effect.

16 posted on 06/25/2024 11:48:52 AM PDT by fso301
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What IF he had had a tank?

The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms. 1959 Twilight Zone


32 posted on 06/25/2024 1:04:21 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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