This gun was designed to save lives! Ordnance Officer David Lyle invented the line-throwing gun in 1878. It was quickly put into use by the US Lifesaving Service and is credited with the rescue of approximately 4,500 shipwreck victims. As this short video shows, the Lyle Gun fired a projectile with a line attached to it over the mast of a sinking ship. Crewmen on the ship tied off the line, which was anchored to shore. The lifesaving crew rigged up a pulley system to send a buoy with short breec
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