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Doctor Richard Gatling patented the Gatling Gun
The invention was made because gatling had the intention of making a weapon that did the work of 100 soldiers with only controling it. This was also meant to deminish exposure deaths aswell with the amount of soldiers on the field -
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim creates maxim gun
The maxim gun is the innovation of the gattling gun which made it into a fully automated weapon. The original gatling gun was hand cranked to fire. This one was powered by the combustion of being fired, and this also made it a faster shooting weapon -
British invent Vickers Machine Gun
The British created the Vickers gun to be a lighter faster and more effective version of the maxim gun. However, it generally took a six man team to carry and operate the weapon. Even so, the vickers gun packed a .303 round for extra punch -
US army begins redesigning the gatling gun for war
The helicopters that were used for troop transportation through the vietnam war were very vulnerable and the military wanted a weapon that changed that. Thus comes the minigun, and electric power version of the original gatling gun, firing up to 6000 rounds a minute -
US airforce releases A-10 warthog with vulcan cannon
The military wanted to create a weapon powerful enough to rule the skies. Thus came the Vulcan cannon. A gatling gun Larger than a car, and so massive the plane that went with it had to be built around the gun. It fires a 30x173 round cabable of destroying anything in its path. -
the modern mini
The modernized gatling gun is better known as the minigun. Its used in most every transportation unit used by the military. Our airforce dominates the sky with it. And our navy and infantry use it as a ground advantage. It is one of the worlds greatest existing weapons.
