When, in 1861, Dr Richard Gatling patented the Gatling gun – one of the first reliable hand-cranked machine-guns – his humanitarian vision was based on a desire to end wars. He believed that ...

The Gatling gun was the first reliable machine gun ever designed and put into use. It made its debut during the Civil War and fires off a crapload of rounds per minute.

1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach-loaded guns are dominant. 1871 - First cartridge revolver. 1873 - Winchester ...

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...