Gatling Guns at Little Big Horn—-How much does the end result change?

Tiburon

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If George Custer hadn’t left the Gatling guns behind, how much could they have changed the outcome of the battle? Maybe instead of an outright defeat, the US forces fight the Native Americans to a draw? I don’t think they could have won the battle by themselves outright, but perhaps they could have saved more of Custer’s command.
 
Eh, the Gatling guns were fairly prone to jamming and were slowing him down. I suspect that allowing the Gatling guns to remain would have resulted in the destruction of Reno’s command. Reno’s command was saved through the arrival of Benteen who was already slowed down by waiting for the pack horses, add Gatling guns to it, and Benteen doesn’t arrive in time, and we have even more casualties.

I think Custer’s mistake was his decision to refuse to accept any reinforcements as he feared it would slow him down.
 
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