Was Custer Outgunned at Little Bighorn?

(Wired) - Tactical blunders and faulty intelligence work contributed heavily to one of the worst defeats ever sustained by the U.S. Army during its protracted campaign to subjugate the Plains Indians, but technology may have played a role, too. Simply put, the Indians may have come to the battlefield in eastern Montana better equipped to fight than the 7th Cavalry troopers. Odd, considering the mercurial brevet Maj. Gen. Custer was leading the spear tip of a force ordered to compel the rebellious Indians to return to their reservations, or else annihilate them. Continued

Photo: Gatling Gun, U.S. Army Ordnance Museum Aberdeen, Maryland. Canon EOS 5D