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

Its central feature was a nose-mounted 30-mm Gatling gun that could fire 70 rounds a second.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

Our largest Gatling gun had been hoisted to that platform on our mast which is styled the “top.”

From In the Track of the Troops by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)