The infernal machine was a homemade twenty five barrel volley gun built by Giuseppe Marco Fieschi and used in his failed assassination attempt on King Louis Philippe I of France on 28 July 1835. The original gun is on display at the Musee des Archives Nationales in Paris. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon Class Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account Sources
1. Wikipedia: Infernal machine (weapon)
2. Infernal machine (weapon) (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Introduced circa 1835 per the entity's own sourced description text; no pre-1900 weapon system remains in current active military service.
Wikidata Q1361415 (P571 inception): 1835
Inception (Wikidata property P571): 1835.
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