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
One cold night Paul stood two hours guard over a Gatling gun that was placed in a shed with no sides and the fierce, cold wind whistled and penetrated his very bones.
From The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World by Boyton, Paul
