Gatling gun

Also known as Gat, Gatling

1860s multi-barrel rapid-fire gun of Richard Gatling, or its 1880s-1890s variants

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Type: Rapid-fire gun, hand-cranked machine gun
Place of origin: United States
In service: 1862–1911
Used by: See Users
Designer: Richard Jordan Gatling
Manufacturer: Eagle Iron Works, Cooper Firearms Manufacturing Company, Colt Manufacturing Company , American Ordnance Company
Produced: 1862–1903
Mass: 170 lb (77.2 kg)
Length: 42.5 in (1,079 mm)

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Mitrailleuse Gatling modèle APX 1895

The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling of North Carolina. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor-driven rotary cannon.