How a Mercenary Movie Invented a New Type of Weapon

[Graham1973]

An article I stumbled across featuring a rare case of fiction inspiring real world firearms development....

It is hard to overestimate just how much movies shape modern gun culture. Like many, I attribute my fascination with firearms to Hollywood movies. But I am only aware of one instance when a movie gun accidentally created a new type of armament.

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/how-a-mercenary-movie-invented-a-new-type-of-weapon-44828626

 

[Seragina]

It's not like there weren'T numerous others throughout history, though.

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Year Created: 1597
Country of Origin: Nuremburg, Germany
Gunsmith: Hans Stopler

 

[Graham1973]

Not quite. What you are showing are multi-shot rifles and pistols. The hand held multi-shot grenade launcher is a completely different concept.

 

[DWG]

Not quite. What you are showing are multi-shot rifles and pistols. The hand held multi-shot grenade launcher is a completely different concept.

The article itself points out the Manville Gun, and the ARWEN 37 also beats the MGL-40 in design date. The MOD having an official requirement out for a multi-shot riot control weapon probably had lots of firearms designers looking at the issues.

And if you drop the revolver element, there's the T148, and the China Lake GL.