They came in different lengths. Most were AROUND 3-4 feet long. The GAU-8 Gatling gun on the A10 Warthog aircraft is nearly 20 feet long.
The Gatling Gun followed a long tradition of devices named after the person who invented / designed it.
How did Richard J. Gatling make the Gatling gun
The Minigun is Gatling gun where the barrels are powered by an electric motor. The Gatling gun, was a hand cranked, multi-barreled gun.
The inventor of the Gatling gun was Richard Jordan Gatling. The machine gun- like weapon was named after the inventor. He invented it in 1862.
The gatling gun was invented by Richard Gatling in 1861 (it was a common weapon in the American civil war, i must add).
the first rapid fire gun was the hand crannked gatling gun used in the civil war but the maxim was the first true machine gun which was developed not long after the gatling
the gatling gun was used for taking out large troups of enemies
The Gatling gun was designed in 1861 and patented in 1862
He invented the first successful machine gun called the Gatling Gun
A Gatling gun that needed a crew of four to man it.
The original gatling gun shot a .45 long colt. But the more modern version invented by John Dylan shoots a .308 caliber rifle round. Also the larger gatling cannon shoots a 30mm round.
The Gatling gun (with one T) was invented by Richard Gatling, for whom it is named.