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The Gatling gun, also known in Russia as the Gorloff, 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.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Gatling gun | Crew | 4 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Designed | 1861 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Designer | Richard Jordan Gatling | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | In service | 1862–1911 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Length | 42.5 in (1,079 mm) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | length | 26.5 in (673 mm) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Manufacturer | Eagle Iron Works Cooper Firearms Manufacturing Company Colt Manufacturing Company American Ordnance Company | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Mass | 170 lb (77.2 kg) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Place of origin | United States | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Produced | 1862–1903 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Type | Rapid-fire gun, hand-cranked machine gun | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Used by | See Users | 1.00 | infobox |
| Gatling gun | Wars | American Civil War Boshin War Indian Wars Franco-Prussian War Anglo-Ashanti War Ethiopian-Egyptian War Haw Wars Satsuma Rebellion Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) Second Anglo-Afgh… | 1.00 | infobox |
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