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 cannon.
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
Richard Jordan Gatling was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun.
Richard Jordan Gatling