Polybolos

[Arngrim]

Why would a fixed-fire repeating weapon be inefficient? I remember using that principle in my military training. In low/non-existing visibility situations (Before night-vision eqipment made its appearance in the Swedish army) we made fixtures for our fire-arms, for interlocking lines of fire. Granted, the combat experience of the swedish armed forces are a little scarce since the Napoleonic wars, but we learned from the Finns, who, unlike the Germans, thwarted the Soviet avalanche 1944.
(Does my swenglish make sense?)