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
"Yo' dun work yo' snowballs lik da was comin' from a Gatling gun!"
From The Rover Boys on the Farm or Last Days at Putnam Hall by Stratemeyer, Edward