What is a Gatling gun?
Q: What is a Gatling gun?
A: The Gatling gun is a machine gun that has many barrels that fire bullets by turning the barrels around in a circle.
Q: Was the Gatling gun the first machine gun ever made?
A: Yes, it was the first machine gun ever made.
Q: Who first used the Gatling gun and when?
A: The Union Army first used the Gatling gun during the American Civil War.
Q: Why was the Gatling gun not much used during the American Civil War?
A: It was not much used during the American Civil War because it cost a lot of money and was heavy.
Q: In which wars was the Gatling gun used more often during the second half of the 19th century?
A: The Gatling gun was used more often in the Anglo-Zulu War, the Boshin War, and the Spanish-American War.
Q: Why did armies stop using the Gatling gun early in the 20th century?
A: Armies stopped using the Gatling gun early in the 20th century because other machine guns were better.
Q: What is the Minigun and how is it related to the Gatling gun?
A: The Minigun is based on the Gatling gun. The Gatling gun is a machine gun, but it is not called an automatic weapon because a user must continue to crank it instead of merely holding down the trigger.
