Rapid-fire death and devastation at the turn of a crank.

The Washington Post | June 29, 2008| | Copyright

MR. GATLING'S TERRIBLE MARVEL

The Gun That Changed Everything and the Misunderstood Genius Who Invented It

By Julia Keller

Viking. 294 pp. $25.95 The Gatling gun, invented during the Civil War by an ardent Unionist but not really put into use until afterward, bore only passing resemblance to the modern machine gun. Mounted on a carriage, towed into position by horses or troops, it was large, clumsy and had limited mobility. It was used by the artillery rather than by the infantry (which now employs what Julia Keller calls "the deadly bouquet of assorted assault rifles"), and it was rejected ...

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