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It depends on which type of Gatling gun and the firing speed.
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Are Gatling guns fast?
Yes and no. Gatling guns are pretty fast firing weapons but machine guns can fire much more faster than Gatling guns.
Are Gatling guns slow?
Against machine guns, yes Gatling guns are slow. They fire pretty fast but machine guns are much faster.
Are machine guns fast?
Yes, machine guns are much faster than Gatling guns. Gatling guns must be hand cranked and fed bullets at the same but machine guns does not have to be hand cranked. All they needs are bullets. Machine guns also fire more bullets faster than Gatling guns.
Are machine guns fast and powerful than Gatling guns?
Yes.
Are Gatling guns fully automatic rather than machine guns?
No. Machine guns are fully automatic. With Gatling guns, you have put in bullets and crank at the same time but with machine guns, you have to put in bullets, place them on the ground and let them activate and they will open fire. Gatling guns cannot fire automatically, you have carry them and hold them so they can fire. Machine guns are much better than Gatling guns because they can fire thousand of rounds per minute, faster, powerful and can automatically open fire.
Are machine guns better than Gatling guns or Gatling guns better than machine guns?
Yes, machine guns are better than Gatling guns because they fire more bullets faster than Gatling guns. Gatling guns need to have bullets and have to be hand cranked at the same time but machine guns does not need to be hand cranked. Machine guns only need bullets.
Will machine guns be able to beat Gatling guns?
Yes because machine guns are much better than gatling guns. With Gatling guns, you have to crank and put bullets in at the same time so they can open fire but with machine guns, you don't have to crank them. Just put in bullets, place them on the ground and let them activate. If you have Gatling guns, you have to carry them and hold them but they are very heavy and also not fully automatic. With machine guns, you do not have to carry them and hold to let them open fire. Some machine guns are heavy and light but they open fire automatically without having someone to crank but even though, machine guns are faster and much stronger than Gatling guns. They can fire up to thousand to 1 million rounds per minute while Gatling guns can fire up to 60 rounds per minute. Winner: Machine guns have beaten Gatling guns.
Will Gatling guns be able to beat machine guns?
No. Machine guns will beat Gatling guns.
Inventor of the first machine gun?
Hiram Maxim. Other earlier rapid fire guns, such as the Gatling Gun, were not true machine guns.
Are machine guns better than Gatling guns?
yes they are. machine guns are fed bullets. Gatling guns are hand cranked and have to be fed bullets at the same time. machine guns also spray bullets faster than Gatling guns.
How fast could a gatling gun shoot?
Which one? The original, hand cranked Gatling Gun had a rate of fire of around 150-200 shots per minute- depending on how fast you turned the crank- but was limited by the size of the magazine- you would have to stop, remove the empty magazine, insert a loaded one, etc. The current POWERED Gatling Guns have different rates of fire- based on what it is used for. Some are still about 200 rounds/minute, but fire a bullet the size of a Coke bottle. Smaller ones may be as high as 6,000 rounds per minute.
What did the World War 2 Gatling gun look like and how did it work?
Gatling guns evolved into machine guns prior to WWII.
