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Gatling gun
The
Gatling gun
is one of the best-known early rapid-fire weapons and a forerunner of the modern
machine gun
. Invented by
Richard Gatling
, it is known for its use by the
Union
forces
during the
American Civil War
in the 1860s, which was the first time it was employed in combat. Later it was used in the
Boshin War
, the
Anglo-Zulu War
and still later in the assault on
San Juan Hill
during the
Spanish–American War
.
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