What "volley gun" is this?, WWI or other?

[NDP]

This is in the Romanian Military Museum in Bucharest. I find plenty of references to the French Reffye volley gun, which I don't believe this is. Can someone identify this model exactly? Who made it, when, and when (if ever) was it used? It appears to be a volley weapon, not capable of individual fire. I'd like to know more about this piece.

Was it reloadable by a mass "cartridge magazine", or individually (which would seem unwieldy). There was only a lone young lady there on a Saturday morning when I had good access to the weapon, and she didn't have that kind of detailed info.

Any information would be much appreciated.

Thanks!





This post has been edited by NDP on August 06, 2007 12:28 am

[NDP]

Hmmm...well, maybe we need to go further back...since this one has 37 barrels, this might be a development of one of these:

Christophe-Montigny 37-barrels 11 mm (0.4 in) 1851
Developed and used by the Belgian Army

I'll post a link in the appropriate forum....

[C-2]

NCR knows this gun.
We saw him at the MMC and he can post some data about it.