Gatling
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are turning to South Korean missile-defense systems, Ukrainian drones that smash into targets midair and traditional American Gatling guns.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
RTX’s Raytheon business has fielded inquiries about supply of its Phalanx rapid-fire Gatling gun, according to Jennifer Gauthier, Raytheon vice president for naval systems and sustainment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
So it was a Gatling gun of wins, just one after another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
The Gatling gun from the United States could fire three thousand bullets per minute.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The automobile motors were still racing, the exhaust emitting frequent explosions that sounded like the discharge of a Gatling gun.
From The Automobile Girls at Chicago or, Winning Out Against Heavy Odds by Laura Dent Crane
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