Barrel rotate
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 present day Gatling gun fires a more powerful cartridge, and fires much faster. The 1800s gun was hand cranked, the present day version is powered by an electric motor. One modern Gatling gun is the GAU-8 gun on the A-10 Warthog aircraft- the gun is about as big as a Volkswagen, and fires a 30mm bullet that shoots through tanks.
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 followed a long tradition of devices named after the person who invented / designed it.
The gatling gun was invented by Richard Gatling in 1861 (it was a common weapon in the American civil war, i must add).
A Gatling gun that needed a crew of four to man it.
the gatling gun was used for taking out large troups of enemies
He invented the first successful machine gun called the Gatling Gun
The Gatling gun was designed in 1861 and patented in 1862
Richard J. Gatling invented the Gatling gun in 1861. The gun was a hand-cranked, rapid-fire weapon that revolutionized warfare. Gatling's design featured multiple barrels that rotated around a central axis, allowing for sustained firepower. Gatling's innovation significantly increased the rate of fire compared to traditional single-shot firearms of the time.
The Gatling gun (with one T) was invented by Richard Gatling, for whom it is named.
The Gatling Gun was invented in the USA by Dr. Richard Gatling, but other countries bought them and used them. General Gorloff who purchased them for the Russian Army renamed them Gorloff Guns, and a gatling gun is known as a gorloff gun in Russia today. Also, any machine gun or automatic cannon which now uses Gatling's principle of revolving barrels can be called a gatling with a lower case "g."