Gatling gun [SEP] service entry
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The Gatling gun was an early form of rotary cannon, and today modern rotary cannons are often referred to as "Gatling guns".
History.
The Gatling gun was designed by the American inventor Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1861 and patented on November 4, 1862. Gatling wrote that he created it to reduce the size of armies and so reduce the number of deaths by combat and disease, and to show how futile war is.
Although the first Gatling gun was capable
other versions of the Gatling gun were built from the late 20th century to the present, the largest of these being the 30mm GAU-8 Avenger autocannon.
See also.
- Agar gun
- Centrifugal gun
- Gorgas machine gun
- Puckle gun
- List of multiple barrel firearms
External links.
- Randolph, Captain W. S., 5th US Artillery "Service and Description of Gatling Guns, 1878"
- 19th Century Machine Guns
- List of Military Gatling & Revolver cannons
- Austro