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Originally Posted by LiveSteam
This one hurts.
1890. The Wounded Knee Massacre occurs when members of the US Seventh Cavalry Regiment kill over 150, and wound an additional 50, men, women and children of the Lakota Sioux. The key to the battle were four rapid fire "Hotchkiss Guns", or revolving cannons, shooting 37 mm bullets at a rate of 43 bullets per minute.
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Wow. Based on my calculations, that's 1,591 mm per minute.