Referring to a rapid-fire gun invented by Richard Gatling; any gun that fires multiple bullets in quick succession by rotating barrels.
Named after Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor who created the Gatling gun in 1861. The gun was revolutionary because it could fire hundreds of rounds per minute.
The Gatling gun was actually invented as an anti-personnel weapon, but its real military impact was that it made soldiers realize war was about to become horrifically more deadly—and it did, changing everything about how wars were fought.
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