The inventor of the Gatling gun was Richard Jordan Gatling. The machine gun- like weapon was named after the inventor. He invented it in 1862.
The Gatling gun (with one T) was invented by Richard Gatling, for whom it is named.
The gatling gun was invented by Richard Gatling in 1861 (it was a common weapon in the American civil war, i must add).
the gatling gun was used for taking out large troups of enemies
He invented the first successful machine gun called the Gatling Gun
The Gatling gun was designed in 1861 and patented in 1862
A Gatling gun that needed a crew of four to man it.
Richard J. Gatling invented the Gatling gun in 1861. The gun was a hand-cranked, rapid-fire weapon that revolutionized warfare. Gatling's design featured multiple barrels that rotated around a central axis, allowing for sustained firepower. Gatling's innovation significantly increased the rate of fire compared to traditional single-shot firearms of the time.
The Gatling Gun was invented in the USA by Dr. Richard Gatling, but other countries bought them and used them. General Gorloff who purchased them for the Russian Army renamed them Gorloff Guns, and a gatling gun is known as a gorloff gun in Russia today. Also, any machine gun or automatic cannon which now uses Gatling's principle of revolving barrels can be called a gatling with a lower case "g."
They are both.
the gatling gun was invented by Richard Jordan Gatling about 1861. however his gatling never really saw action during the civil war. he did not sell his gatling gun to the government until 1866, after the civil war.
Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling also invented a screw propeller, a cotton planter and a steam plow in addition to his famous Gatling gun which the US Patent office termed a machine gun. It was not a machine gun in the modern use of terms, however.