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Custer refused to bring two gatling guns that were available to his unit. Each gun was like a small wagon, with a tender full of ammo. He felt they would slow him down, and his favorite tactic involved splitting his force and having one contingent engage the enemy in a skirmish line outside the camp, to draw them out of their camp, while his second contingent conducted a charge seizing the camp from its opposite side. To his way of thinking, the Gatling gun did not fit into this plan of attack. In his urgency to be the first to engage the hostile tribes, Custer opted for pack trains, army mules carrying all his supplies. He left all wheeled equipment behind.

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