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The Gatling Gun with its six
rotating barrels had been declared obsolete by the first decade of
the 20th century, so Richard Gatling would have turned
over in his grave in 1970, when the United States Air Force
selected General Electric and Philco-Ford to create a prototype
for a potent machine cannon with seven rotating barrels
rotating barrels had been declared obsolete by the first decade of
the 20th century, so Richard Gatling would have turned
over in his grave in 1970, when the United States Air Force
selected General Electric and Philco-Ford to create a prototype
for a potent machine cannon with seven rotating barrels
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The Gatling Gun with its six
rotating barrels had been declared
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obsolete by the first decade of
the 20th century,
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so Richard Gatling would have turned
over in his grave in 1970,
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when the United States Air Force
selected General Electric
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and Philco-Ford to create a prototype
for a potent machine cannon
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with seven rotating barrels.
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Movie Summary
As each new century unfolded, guns increasingly shaped the way battles were fought and borders were drawn. The quest to create more innovative and lethal weapons became more and more contested. These are the Guns the Changed the G...
