1861-1865 - American Civil War. Both breech and muzzle loaded guns used. 1862 - The Gatling Gun is invented. 1869 - Center-fire cartridge introduced. 1870-1871- The Franco-German War. Breach ...

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...

The machine-gun was a game-changing weapon of mass destruction. But did this awesome threat actually save lives? When, in 1861, Dr Richard Gatling patented ... not to go to war in the first ...

the Gatling Gun, ironclad warships, submarines, and torpedoes. The exhibition also features gifts of Civil War rifles and an ammunition box from James and Carolyn Drone. In addition to the prints in ...

Richard Jordan Gatling was living in Indianapolis when the Civil War began. He developed the Gatling Gun, an early machine ...