The Gatling gun was invented in 1862 for use in the Civil War, and is a part of American history. The gun is named after its inventor, Richard Gatling. It has multiple barrels that rotate and fire ...

THE top brass of the Union Army watched an amazing demonstration of a rapid fire gun in 1862. Invented by Richard Gatling, the gun would change the nature of warfare Others had tried to create ...

American military weapons may have looked a lot different had it not been for the invention of one Civil War-era firearm—the Gatling gun.

During the American Civil War the worlds first effective machine gun The Gatling Gun fired five bullets at a time and while never gaining traction during the war went on to be a major mile stone ...

The Gatling gun fired rounds at a rate of 350 to 400 per minute. Dr. Richard Gatling conceived of his gun as a labor-saving device not unlike his seed drill, which allowed one person to do the ...

What problems did the Gatling gun solve? Galling gun: An early-century hand-driven machine gun that was the first to solve loading issues, reliability issues, and sustained firing issues. The American ...

The U.S. Marines unleashed chopper Gatling guns firepower during a live-fire drill in the Philippines. Footage shows American helicopter gunships spinning up their rotors aboard a vessel before ...

A Civil War soldier statue erected in 1924 on Greenwood Avenue and the actions of local soldiers inspired a Disney movie.

Gatling Gun Richard Jordan Gatling was living in Indianapolis when the Civil War began. He developed the Gatling Gun, an early machine gun. It was patented in 1862. Gatling went on to found the ...

The collection is extensive, impressive and rare, including Bronze Age weapons, medieval arms and armor, Revolutionary War firearms and swords, Civil War guns and an 1883 Gatling gun (which Earl ...

The Civil War, Rewritten: What If the Battle of Gettysburg Had Machine Guns? Here’s how the U.S. Army is wargaming alternative history to enhance its weapons strategies.