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Bookmark or Share- Gatling gun - WikipediaThe Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor -driven rotary cannon .
- Gatling Gun - North Carolina HistoryThe first successful machine gun, known as the Gatling gun was invented by North Carolina native Richard J. Gatling in 1862. The gun saw limited use in the Civil War because the original model proved ineffective but once Gatling perfected his machine gun, the United States Army purchased 100 guns in 1866.
- The Gatling Gun: A Civil War Innovation - Warfare History NetworkA Gatling gun set up outside Santiago, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War of 1898. By this time Gatlings were integrated into larger army maneuvers and actions. But in the most famous battle of the Indian Wars, the Gatling was strangely absent.
- History of the Gatling Gun - Hill Aerospace MuseumFollowing World War II, the Gatling gun was reincarnated in the form of the “minigun.” The original concept of utilizing multiple spinning barrels to fire a barrage of bullets was bolstered by the addition of an electric motor and belt-fed ammunition.
- Richard Jordan Gatling | Civil War, Machine Gun, Inventor - BritannicaRichard Jordan Gatling (born September 12, 1818, Maney’s Neck, North Carolina, U.S.—died February 26, 1903, New York, New York) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated, multibarrel machine gun, which he patented in 1862.
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