Gatling gun
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The Gatling gun, also known in Russia as the Gorloff, 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 forerunne
1876 Gatling gun kept at Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Mitrailleuse Gatling modèle APX 1895
A British 1865 Gatling gun at Firepower – The Royal Artillery Museum
Patent drawing for R. J. Gatling's "battery gun", 9 May 1865
M134 Minigun
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The M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire. It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an e
Gatling gun
…during the interwar years, but only existed as prototypes or were rarely used. The concept resurfaced after World War II with the development of the Minigun and the M61 Vulcan in particular for use in aircraft over reciprocating bolt autocannons which are more prone to jamming in high g environments. Multiple…
Mounted on a Sikorsky HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter
View of M134 from inside a UH-1 Huey, Nha Trang AB, 1967
A U.S. Air Force rotary-wing crewman fires a minigun during the Vietnam War.
A Royal Navy minigun, separated from mounting and ammunition