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title: "Gatling Gun Revolutionizes Warfare"
year: 1862
country: "United States"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1862/gatling-gun-warfare"
slug: "gatling-gun-warfare"
recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1862-01-01"
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# Gatling Gun Revolutionizes Warfare

> The Gatling gun's demonstration during the Civil War introduced rapid-fire military technology that fundamentally altered tactics and casualty rates in modern warfare.

## Summary

The Gatling gun is a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling of North Carolina. It is an early machine gun and a forerunner of the modern electric motor-driven rotary cannon.

## Sources

- [Gatling gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatling_gun) - Wikipedia

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