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Gatling gun patent model
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This is a wooden model of the six-barrel repeating
gun designed and patented by Richard J. Gatling
in 1862. The overall length of this patent model
is 36 inches with 11 1/2 inch barrels. The Gatling
gun saw little action during the Civil War, but
by 1866 it was adopted by the U.S. Army, and in
addition, other countries began purchasing it in
different models and calibers. |
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
Institution
Behring Center
Transfer from the U.S. Patent Office
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