Gatling gun
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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
Probably the construction of the rotating film in a camera came from the Gatling gun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025
The Gatling gun from the United States could fire three thousand bullets per minute.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
But its armaments are put to shame by those of a rare dinoflagellate called Nematodinium, which has something like a Gatling gun inside it, able to fire 11 or more nematocysts.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2017
In this action on this part of the field most efficient service was rendered by Lieutenant John H. Parker, Thirteenth Infantry, and the Gatling gun detachment under his command.
From The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient by Murat Halstead
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