Gatling gun
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Gatling gun
- /ˈɡætlɪŋ ˌɡʌn/ US
Where it comes from
Named after American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling.
noun Gatling guns
- A type of repeating firearm with several barrels on a rotating frame, in use from the 1860s to the 1910s, providing fully automatic fire similar to that of modern machine guns and autocannons. They say that the Gatling who invented Gatling guns imagined that they would reduce the scale of human warfare, poor old chap.
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Any of various later weapons with a similar concept of operation (spinning a rotating set of barrels).
Near-synonyms: minigun, autocannon
Similar: minigun, autocannon
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noun a type of repeating firearm similar to a machine gun
| Español | cañón Gatling (gatlin), ametralladora / metralladora Gatling (gatlin) |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ガトリング砲 gatoringu gan |
| Português | metralhadora Gatling, Gatling |
| Français | gatling |
| Deutsch | Gatling-Kanone |
| Русский | пулемёт Га́тлинга pulemjót Gátlinga |
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