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Find out moreThe Gatling Gun was the first successful rapid-firing bolt-action gun. It is a forerunner of the machine gun and founder of the Gatling weapon class. Reloading is accomplished with muscle power by rotating the barrel assembly, which is arranged around a pivot axis. It was developed in 1861 by American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling. Despite the high rate of fire of up to 200 rounds per minute in the first models - up to 400 rounds per minute in later models - the Gatling Gun had no problems with heat generation.