Gatling guns
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Gatling guns are early rapid-fire, hand-cranked machine guns that revolutionized 19th-century warfare by dramatically increasing infantry firepower.
Aliases (1)
- Gatling gun ×49
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
firearm
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machine gun → rapid-fire weapon → |
| action |
revolving barrel cluster
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| caliber |
.50 caliber
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.58 caliber (early models) → 1-inch caliber (some models) → |
| category |
19th-century weapons
→
rotary guns → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| designedFor |
defensive positions
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infantry support → |
| era |
19th century
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| feedSystem |
Bruce feed
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gravity-fed hopper → magazine feed → |
| hasAdvantage |
high rate of fire compared to single-shot rifles
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mechanical reliability → reduced jamming compared to early automatic guns → |
| hasPart |
feed system
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firing mechanism → hand crank → multiple rotating barrels → |
| inception |
1861
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| influenced |
development of modern machine guns
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| inventor |
Richard Jordan Gatling
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| material |
brass
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steel → |
| mechanism |
externally powered rotation
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| mountedOn |
field carriages
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fortifications → naval mounts → |
| namedAfter |
Richard Jordan Gatling
NERFINISHED
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| patentDate |
1862
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| patentHolder |
Richard Jordan Gatling
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| powerSource |
manual hand crank
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| rateOfFire |
up to 600 rounds per minute
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| replacedBy |
Maxim gun
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| usedBy |
British Army
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Imperial Russian Army → Union Army → United States Army → other 19th-century militaries → |
| usedIn |
American Civil War
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Franco-Prussian War → Spanish–American War → various colonial wars → |
| uses |
black powder ammunition
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metallic cartridges → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Satsuma Rebellion
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militaryTechnologyUsed |
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Battle of San Juan Hill
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usedWeapon |