Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daya daga cikin sanannun sanannun bindigogi masu saurin wuta, bindigar Gatling ta ga amfani da dakarun Union a lokacin yakin basasar Amurka, wanda shine karo na farko da aka yi amfani da shi a yaƙi. Daga baya an yi amfani da shi a cikin rikice-rikicen soja da yawa, gami da Yaƙin Boshin, Yaƙin Anglo-Zulu da harin San Juan Hill
a lokacin yakin Spain da Amurka. An kuma yi amfani da shi ta hanyar 'yan bindigar Pennsylvania a cikin abubuwan da suka faru na Babban Railroad Strike na 1877, musamman a Pittsburgh. Har ma ana amfani da bindigogi a cikin jiragen ruwa.