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The first was the gatling gun invented in 1862
He invented the first successful machine gun called the Gatling Gun
Many folks credit Dr. Gatling.
The original Gatling gun had six to ten barrels which rotated and fired independently. This was one of the earliest machine guns made.
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.
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Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling also invented a screw propeller, a cotton planter and a steam plow in addition to his famous Gatling gun which the US Patent office termed a machine gun. It was not a machine gun in the modern use of terms, however.
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The stick magazine fed hand cranked gatling gun was probably the first machine gun produced.These were in use around 1875-1880.
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 invented by Richard Jordan Gatling about 1861. however his gatling never really saw action during the civil war. he did not sell his gatling gun to the government until 1866, after the civil war.
RICHARD GATLING in 1862