The History of the Gatling Gun. Why does the world still know the name of a gun that's been obsolete for 100 years? By Matthew Moss Updated: Aug 31, 2020 5:12 PM EDT. Buyenlarge // Getty Images.

Gatling guns, named for inventor Richard Gatling, are hand-driven machine guns that trace their history back to the Civil War. Fulcrum Concepts was founded in 2008.

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...

As a young boy, Keith Takacs knew he wanted a Gatling gun. The rapid-fire weapon, a precursor to modern machine guns patented in 1862, looked cool in old cowboy movies. Fast-forward a few decades ...

Jan. 9, 1905: A Gatling gun arrives in Lexington to protect the tobacco district from Night Riders, a militant, terrorist group of tobacco farmers who resisted the practices of the American ...

Lieut. Arthur L. Howard, whose successful handling of the Gatling gun platoon in the Northwest has won him sudden fame, is a man of whom very little was known even by his associates in New-Haven ...

The Herald-Leader’s coverage of Lexington’s 250-year history examines the contentious relationship among the government, the country’s primary buyer of tobacco and the commonwealth farmers ...