1862-11-04 American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling patents the hand cranked Gatling machine gun in Indianapolis
Quotes by Richard Jordan Gatling
"It occurred to me that if I could invent a machine gun which could by its rapidity of fire, enable one man to do as much battle duty as a hundred, that it would, to a large extent supersede the necessity of large armies, and consequently, exposure to battle and disease would be greatly diminished."
- War, Weapons
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