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The Gatling gun was a hand-crank-operated weapon with 6 barrels revolving around a central shaft. The cartridges were fed to the gun by gravity through a hopper mounted on the top of the gun. 6 cam-operated bolts alternately wedged, fired, and dropped the bullets, which were contained in steel chambers.
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Richard Gatling's rapid-fire, multi-barrel invention was originally designed in the optimistic hope of decreasing the number of wartime deaths caused by infectious diseases by reducing the need for large military forces.
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The first Gatling gun — or rather, the first 12 Gatling guns — were used during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, between June 1864 and April 1865. Eight more were fitted on gunboats, but the U.S. Army didn't start utilizing them until 1866, after they were demonstrated to be effective in combat. They weren't used much during the Civil.
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Benjamin F. Butler became the only Union general to purchase Gatling guns during the conflict, and at least one of the dozen guns Butler bought saw action during the brutal siege of.
The Gatling Gun was patented by Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1862. Not adopted by the Union
1860 - Spencer repeating carbine patented.. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach-loaded guns are dominant.
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American Civil War M1862 Gatling Guns: hand-cranked, rapid-firing, multiple-barrel, gravity feed and ejected, firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Ga.
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Listing of small arms appearing from 1860 to 1869. Service Long Gun / Cavalry Carbine. 16. 1863. Gallager Model 1863. Single-Shot, Breech-Loaded Percussion Carbine. 17. 1861. Gatling Model 1861. Battlefield Support Weapon. 18. 1863. Gibbs Carbine. Breech-Loaded Rifled Percussion Carbine. 19.
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The Gatling gun, also known as Patent 36,836, was an early version of the rotary canon. It featured multiple barrels, a cooling system and a synchronized firing and reloading mechanism. First used during the Civil War, the gun is a forerunner to the modern machine gun. The Model 1862 Gatling Gun is one of dozens of replica firearms available at.
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The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor -driven rotary cannon . The Gatling gun's operation centered on a cyclic multi-barrel design which facilitated cooling and synchronized the firing-reloading sequence.
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Gatling Model 1861 Photos, History, Specification
The first six Gatling guns were built at the end of 1862 at the works of Miles Greenwood Foundry & Machine Works of Cincinnati, Ohio. Before they were delivered the factory, patterns and guns were destroyed by a fire. Production resumed at the Cincinnati Type Foundry in 1863.
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The Gatling gun and its transition from the 1860s to today's modern combat applications is fascinating. To get that full story, you might want to pick up a copy of The Gatling Gun. So how did it come to be that modern high-rate-of-fire gun systems use the Gatling principle?
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A Destructive Weapon Meant for Good. Working throughout the summer of 1861, Gatling developed the invention that would carry his name though history: the Gatling gun, a weapon featuring a barrel.
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Category: Science & Tech Key People: Richard Jordan Gatling machine gun Gatling gun, hand-driven machine gun, the first to solve the problems of loading, reliability, and the firing of sustained bursts. It was invented about 1862 by Richard Jordan Gatling during the American Civil War.
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The Gatling Gun was a spring-loaded, multi-barrel, hand-cranked machine gun. Invented in 1861 by Richard Gatling. It fired 350 rounds a minute (if it didn't jam) from a bank of ten revolving barrels turned by a crank and gravity-fed from a hopper. Unskilled operators could fire up to 200 rounds a minute.
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The gun was mounted upon a wheeled carriage. Two men were required to operate the weapon—one to sight the target and turn the crank, the other to load the ammunition. A working model was completed within six months, and a public demonstration was held across Graveyard Pond in Indianapolis.