Gatling
Also known as Gat
automatische Schusswaffe, deren Nachlademechanismus mittels der Rotation des um eine Drehachse angeordneten Laufbündels betrieben wird
Key facts
- 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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Fort Laramie National Historic Site Gatling gun 16-9-2014 15-26-03.jpg