It didn't replace any gun, it was the first rapid fire weapon to be made.
Alamo- 1836 Gatling gun- 1862 No.
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."
Not actual machine guns, but something of a predecessor to it - the hand cranked Gatling Gun.
The gatling gun was invented by Richard Gatling in 1861 (it was a common weapon in the American civil war, i must add).
He invented the first successful machine gun called the Gatling Gun
It depends on which type of Gatling gun and the firing speed.
Gatling guns evolved into machine guns prior to WWII.
Alamo- 1836 Gatling gun- 1862 No.
The original Gatling gun had six to ten barrels which rotated and fired independently. This was one of the earliest machine guns made.
Hiram Maxim. Other earlier rapid fire guns, such as the Gatling Gun, were not true machine guns.
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."
Sons of Guns - 2011 Gatling Gun and Dueling Pistols 2-8 was released on: USA: 7 September 2011
Not actual machine guns, but something of a predecessor to it - the hand cranked Gatling Gun.
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
No. Machine guns will beat Gatling guns.
Yes and no. Gatling guns are pretty fast firing weapons but machine guns can fire much more faster than Gatling guns.
Yes, machine guns are better than Gatling guns because they fire more bullets faster than Gatling guns. Gatling guns need to have bullets and have to be hand cranked at the same time but machine guns does not need to be hand cranked. Machine guns only need bullets.