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

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

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

Having become thoroughly drilled in the use of the "Gatling gun" the company was ordered to the front.

From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul