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.

1861-1865 - American Civil War. Both breech and muzzle loaded guns used. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach ...

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 ...

"It's amazing that they were still there and we found them," said Tom Keating, coordinator for the Missing In America Project ...

Service: USAF Armament: AC-130H: 40mm and 105mm cannons; AC-130U: 40mm, 105mm cannons and 25mm gatling gun. Propulsion: Four Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines Speed: 300 mph Range: 1,300 nm ...

The machine-gun was a game-changing weapon of mass destruction. But did this awesome threat actually save lives? When, in 1861, Dr Richard Gatling patented ... not to go to war in the first ...

the Gatling Gun, ironclad warships, submarines, and torpedoes. The exhibition also features gifts of Civil War rifles and an ammunition box from James and Carolyn Drone. In addition to the prints in ...

On a humid Bengal summer day of 1757, the imbecilic, smug, and peevish warlord, the Nawab of Bengal Siraj ud-Daulah, did what any teenager with technologically advanced French-made artillery would ...

The Civil War was a military, cultural, political, and economic milestone in American history. For four years the nation was in a bloody divide that extended from the East Coast to the pioneer West ...

Today is the 309th day of 2024. There are 57 days left in the year. 1982: Jamaica’s HEART Trust (since renamed HEART ...

This is the place to go to fire 70 varieties of guns, from a Civil War-era Gatling gun to a Glock just like you see in the movies. Kids ages 8 and up can shoot here, but pregnant women can’t. That’s ...