He invented the first successful machine gun called the Gatling Gun
The gatling gun was invented by Richard Gatling in 1861 (it was a common weapon in the American civil war, i must add).
The first was the gatling gun invented in 1862
The Gatling gun (with one T) was invented by Richard Gatling, for whom it is named.
RICHARD GATLING in 1862
The Gatling Gun followed a long tradition of devices named after the person who invented / designed it.
The inventor of the Gatling gun was Richard Jordan Gatling. The machine gun- like weapon was named after the inventor. He invented it in 1862.
Richard Gatling invented the Gatling Gun in 1861. The first self-loading rapid fire gun was the first modern automatic weapon. Sir Hiram Maxim developed the first self-powered or recoil powered automatic gun in 1885 with the Maxim Gun.
Alamo- 1836 Gatling gun- 1862 No.
The Gatling Gun was invented in the USA by Dr. Richard Gatling, but other countries bought them and used them. General Gorloff who purchased them for the Russian Army renamed them Gorloff Guns, and a gatling gun is known as a gorloff gun in Russia today. Also, any machine gun or automatic cannon which now uses Gatling's principle of revolving barrels can be called a gatling with a lower case "g."
he invented a gatling gun. i think? :D im bored.
the gatling gun was invented by Richard Jordan Gatling about 1861. however his gatling never really saw action during the civil war. he did not sell his gatling gun to the government until 1866, after the civil war.