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.
How did Richard J. Gatling make the Gatling gun
Oh, what a happy little question! Larry Gatlin, the country music singer, is not related to Richard Gatling, the inventor of the Gatling gun. It's just a coincidence they share the same last name, like two trees standing tall in the same forest but not from the same seed. Isn't that just wonderful?
The Minigun is Gatling gun where the barrels are powered by an electric motor. The Gatling gun, was a hand cranked, multi-barreled gun.
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.
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.