1592954089000 1312632483000 term-87536 1616541181875 1312632586000 1616290285870 adlib fitz-online adlib-term-87536 5365d2ab-1f43-3160-a80d-0597e54e689e 2 1 scope note Machine guns first developed by Dr. Richard J. Gatling in 1861, featuring a cluster of revolving barrels equally spaced around a central shaft, a magazine to feed them, and an action by which the cartridges were chambered and fired. Early models were powered by a hand crank, later ones by electricity or gas, attaining a firing rate of up to 3000 rounds per minute. reference term-87535 adlib-term-87535 a68b3cfc-a0e0-3ccc-8197-e3b231d15c08 Gatling gun V.TK.AFU.BOK.AFU.AFU.ALO.AFU.AXC.AFU 1 code V.TK.AFU.BOK.AFU.AFU.ALO.AFU.AXC.AFU 1 Gatling guns reference term-87531 adlib-term-87531 1b3077a1-98af-3d51-9c15-cce4a7fb954d machine guns Gatling guns term