It is a Russian-made version of the first truly automatic machinegun, which was patented by Hiram Maxim, an American-British inventor, in 1883. Earlier Gatling guns had six barrels which needed to ...

It is based on the Gatling principle, which permits a high rate of fire while also reducing heat and barrel erosion.The M61A2 20mm is just the latest generation of the Civil War-era “Gatling Gun ...

Murfreesboro may be a small town, but it is the birthplace of the man who built the Gatling gun, the forerunner to the modern machine gun. Murfreesboro may be a small town, but it is the ...