Montigny mitrailleuse
The Montigny mitrailleuse was an early type of crank-operated machine-gun developed by the Belgian gun works of Joseph Montigny between 1859 and 1870. It was an improved version of the "Mitrailleuse", () invented by Belgian Captain Fafschamps in 1851 which was a fixed 50-barrelled volley gun.
Mitrailleuse
A machine gun is still referred to as a "mitrailleuse" in French, following the pattern set by the adoption of the "Mitrailleuse Hotchkiss" in 1897. The FN 5.56 mm NATO machine gun, the Minimi, derives its name from the term "Mini-Mitrailleuse", "small machine gun". Submachine guns may be called "mitraillettes", the diminutive of "mitrailleuse", although they are also called "pistolets mitrailleurs" ("mitrailleuse pistols").