The Gatling Gun actually only saw limited use in the Civil War and wasn’t officially used by the U.S. government until 1866, when it was used by the U.S. Cavalry on the frontier until it was ...

Adding Miniguns to Abrams tanks offers the ability to rapidly bring higher volumes of small-caliber fire to bear, especially ...

The gun weighed 28 pounds with an integral electric motor—only three pounds more than the Minigun all by itself. General Electric’s armament division struck it big when it brought Gatling ...

The Dillon Aero M134D is an electrically powered, six barrelled Gatling gun capable of fixed firing rates of either 3,000 or 4,000 7.62 MM NATO rounds per minute.

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 ...

The M134 Minigun is a marvel of mechanical engineering and raw firepower. Capable of firing up to 6,000 rounds per minute, it overwhelms targets with a relentless storm of lead. Originally ...

As a young boy, Keith Takacs knew he wanted a Gatling gun. The rapid-fire weapon, a precursor to modern machine guns patented in 1862, looked cool in old cowboy movies. Fast-forward a few decades ...

Or, well, almost machine guns: the Gatling gun, first patented in 1862, wasn't fully mechanical. Someone still had to crank it by hand make the gun fire.