The Gatling Gun: 19th Century Machine Gun to 21st Century Vulcan

by: Joseph Berk (Author)

Publisher: Paladin Press,U.S.
Edition: First Edition

Publication Date: 1 April 1991

Language: English

Print Length: 129 pages

ISBN-10: 0873646444

ISBN-13: 9780873646444

Book Description

Here is the first complete 130-year history of what is a truly remarkable and timeless weapon. Author Joseph Berk traces the glorious career of this multi-barreled, high-rate-of-fire gun from its inception during the Civil War to its current role as a state-of-the-art mode combat system of the US military.