Gatling gun - Wikipedia
The 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 …
Gatling Gun ‑ Date, Inventor & Usage - HISTORY
2010年3月4日 · The Gatling gun was the first hand‑driven machine gun, and the first firearm to solve the problems of loading, reliability, and the firing of sustained bursts.
Gatling Gun - North Carolina History
The 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 …
Richard Jordan Gatling - Wikipedia
Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor. He is best known for having invented the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first …
Richard Jordan Gatling and His Gun - We're History
2015年11月5日 · In the 1870s, United States soldiers deployed Gatling guns with devastating effectiveness against Nez Percè and Cheyenne Indians. Two decades later, the Rough Riders …
Richard Jordan Gatling | Civil War, Machine Gun, Inventor
Richard 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 …
History of the Gatling Gun - Hill Aerospace Museum
2020年11月20日 · Following 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 …
Dr. Gatling’s Wonder Weapon - HistoryNet
2019年1月15日 · The Gatling gun, precursor to the fearsome modern machine guns that have wrought gruesome havoc on global battlefields since World War I, was invented by Richard …
The History of the Gatling Gun - Popular Mechanics
2020年8月31日 · The Gatling is the most famous of late 19th century's manual machine guns and paved a way for the modern machine guns we recognize today. In an age of slow-loading …
The Gatling Gun: A Civil War Innovation - Warfare History Network
A 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 …