Gatling gun
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Gatling gun
1860–65, named after R. J. Gatling (1818–1903), U.S. inventor
Example Sentences
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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
Video from the engagement appears to show one drone engaged by an air defense system known as a C-RAM, which fires a six-barreled Gatling gun up to 75 rounds per second.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022
First and foremost is a platform car,—open, uncovered, but over its buffer glisten the barrels of the dreaded Gatling gun, and around the gun—can these be soldiers?
From Foes in Ambush by King, Charles
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