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...
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Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, which is considered...
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The Gatling Gun originally titled King Gun is a Western shot in 1969 in New Mexico that features then New Mexico Governor David Cargo in a small role....
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M134 Minigun (redirect from Dillon M134D Gatling Gun)
invented in the 1860s by Richard Jordan Gatling. He later replaced the hand-cranked mechanism of a rifle-caliber Gatling gun with an electric motor, a relatively...
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Rotary cannon (redirect from Rotary gun)
rotary autocannon, rotary gun or Gatling cannon, is any large-caliber multiple-barreled automatic firearm that uses a Gatling-type rotating barrel assembly...
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more famous counterpart the Gatling Gun, saw only limited use. The Gatling gun, patented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling, was the first to offer controlled...
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Muharram, (MGG-50) is an indigenous 6-barreled 12.7x108mm (.50 caliber) Gatling gun of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The weapon is most commonly...
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to claim the gun was unreliable, but in actuality the Gatling functioned surprisingly well." Hatch, 1997, p. 81: "...The [Gatling] guns were mounted on...
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GAU-8 Avenger (redirect from 30mm Gatling gun)
Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-style autocannon that is primarily mounted in the United States Air Force's...
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of the Civil War, Richard Gatling, creator of the gatling gun, offers his invention to the Federal Government. But Gatling is kidnapped by two assassins...
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List of firearms (redirect from List of guns)
Gatling Guns M134 Minigun (US – Gatling gun – 7.62×51mm NATO) GAU-2/A Minigun (US – Gatling gun – 7.62×51mm NATO) GAU-2B/A Minigun (US – Gatling gun –...
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Multiple-barrel firearm (redirect from Multiple barrel gun)
without each barrel overheating. Richard Gatling later replaced the hand-cranked mechanism of a rifle-caliber Gatling gun with an electric motor, a relatively...
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M61 Vulcan (redirect from Vulcan (gun))
September 2010. Archived copy of US Patent #502,185 by R.J. Gatling, for an electric-powered Gatling-gun Wahl, Paul F; Toppel, Donald R (5 October 2005) [Arco...
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M197 electric cannon (redirect from M197 Gatling gun)
The M197 electric cannon is a 20 mm three-barreled electric Gatling-type rotary cannon used by the United States military. The M197 electric cannon was...
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escape the Gatling fire. Parker, John H. (Lt.), The Gatlings at Santiago, Middlesex, U.K.: Echo Library (reprinted 2006): The three Gatling guns expended...
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to hobbyist usage. In 1861, Richard Jordan Gatling invented the Gatling gun, the first successful machine gun, capable of firing 200 gunpowder cartridges...
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Qing Minigun XM214 Microgun M197 Gatling gun Komodo Armament Eli gun Nordenfelt Gun Gast Gun Chain gun Gatling gun, the 1860s firearm that originated the...
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demonstrated a number of basic concepts that were employed in the design of the Gatling Gun that was patented the following year. The design, as patented, consists...
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rotary-barrel firearm is the Gatling gun, invented by Richard Jordan Gatling in 1861, and patented on 4 November 1862. The Gatling gun operated by a hand-crank...
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machine-gun pods with 750 rounds. It has a high rate of fire (4–5,000 rounds per minute) and is also one of the few self-powered guns of the Gatling type...
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Gun was a rapid-fire weapon developed in the late 19th century. It was a multiple barrel weapon similar to the much more commonly known Gatling gun,...
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Springfield. The cartridge was also used in the M1893, M1895, M1897, and M1900 Gatling guns. Though the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps had adopted limited numbers of...
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1945. Gatling gun – 1860s multi-barrel rapid-fire gun Ripley machine gun Gardner gun – Machine gun Bailey machine gun – type of Heavy Machine GunPages...
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of order." The two M1895 guns were transferred to Lt. John Parker's Gatling Gun Detachment, who used them in the siege of Santiago. The M1895 in 6mm...
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with a system similar to a centrifugal gun. Catapult Chain gun Fokker-Leimberger Gatling gun Gorgas machine gun Jai alai Pitching machine Revolver cannon...
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PGL-XX (Code name 625) Air Defense Gun-Missile System Unnamed prototype vehicle featuring a 6-barrel 25 mm gatling gun and four FN-6B (FN-16) for short-range...
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long-range weapons, the Gatling gun was tested against the Vickers machine gun in eliminating 18 targets with 250 rounds. The Gatling gun scored a 13/18 kill...
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than previous rapid-firing guns, such as the manually cranked Mitrailleuse, Gatling, Gardner, or Nordenfelt. The Maxim gun was water cooled, allowing...
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Type 730 CIWS (category Naval anti-aircraft guns)
The Type 730 is a Chinese seven-barrelled 30 mm Gatling gun/rotary cannon CIWS. It has a PLA Navy designation H/PJ12. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic...
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up Gatling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Gatling gun was one of the first rapid-fire weapons and a modern class of rotary cannon. Gatling may...
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