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A popular form of the [[BFG]] in fiction, and both a fictional and real-world way of achieving [[More Dakka]] via [[Everything's Better with Spinning]]. It may be present even if [[Energy Weapons]] are abundant in the setting, as [[Kinetic Weapons Are Just Better]]. See also [[Bang Bang BANG]].

 

 

* A man with a Gatling gun killed several powerful villains (in fact, practically ''every villain besides himself'') early on in ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]''. It was actually a very primitive design, was operated ''manually'' with a hand crank, and jammed after one of the villains stuck a poison dart in the ammo bandoleer in the anime (he ran out of bullets in the manga after firing non-stop at everyone).

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]'', [[Combat Pragmatist|Lotten]] uses Gatling Ogre, with which he does a First Turn Kill.

* Gargomon in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' had a Gatling gun [[Arm Cannon|on both arms]], making him dangerous to the humans as well as the Digimon early on—he was a bit drunk with the Champion level power.

* ''[[Zoids]]'' had the Hibilt Vulcan cannon, a massive six-barreled beam Gatling weapon. Oddly enough, the anime would often inconsistently depict it as a projectile weapon instead. There are too many Zoids that can equip it to list here, but we will mention Karl Shuvaltz in ''Chaotic Century'', who was known for having all his [[Ace Custom]] units being armed with one.

* In episode 21 of ''[[Zettai Karen Children]]'' when Oboro Kashiwagi the otherwise ordinary secretary lays eyes on a life sized doll of herself, her response is to whip a ''minigun'' out of nowhere and shoot it to dust.

* ''[[Appleseed]]'' has large tanks that have stupidly large six-barreled rotary cannons in place of the main gun. And the monstrous mobile gun platforms have ''four'' of the same. Each.

** His brother Caribou also carries one inside of him.

* One villain from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' wields one in "The Hunt for Greenback Jane"/"Roanapur Freak Show".

* The titular [[Humongous Mecha|Exaxxion mecha]] from ''[[Cannon God Exaxxion|Cannon God E Xa X Xion]]'' subverts this by making a trio of 88 mm gatling cannons the SMALLEST weapon on the entire mech.

* Milly Thompson of ''[[Trigun]]'' carries a semiautomatic version that fires expanding projectiles with enough force to knock over whatever they hit, including armored trucks.

* [[The Punisher]] foe Rapido has a gatling [[Arm Cannon]].

 

* In the ''Stargate SG-1''/''X-COM: UFO Defense'' crossover ''[[XSGCOM|XSGCOM: Goa'Uld Defence]]'', the Tau'ri make a gatling staff weapon.

* ''[[And If That Don't Work?]]'', an [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]] [[Fanfic]], has a Texas arms manufacturer come up with a Gatling railgun.

* ''[[The Life of the Legendaries]]'' features 20 mm gatling guns in the relatively mundane but vital role of point-defense.

 

== Film ==

* Jonah uses a small, man-portable gatling gun at several points during ''[[Jonah Hex (film)|Jonah Hex]]''.

* ''[[RoboCop]] II''. Notably, after RoboCain fired his Gatling [[Arm Cannon]], there was almost always a zoom in on the no-longer-firing barrels still spinning for a second or three.

 

== Literature ==

* Mentioned in the ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series where variants of the Gatling Gun were used for anti-missile defense until they were quickly replaced by newer Laser Clusters. They are still used by some second- and third-rate powers like the Silesian Confederacy {{spoiler|and the Solarian League.}}

 

* ''[[MythBusters]]'' used a Gatling gun as the last stage of the "shooting fish in a barrel" analogy. They busted out a privately owned minigun and unleashed it on the barrel; by the time it was over, the barrel was in a million pieces and there was more lead in the fish than fish.

** They also used the minigun on at least two other occasions: Once, to see if incendiary rounds could blow up a gas tank (busted), see if you could chop down a tree with bullets (confirmed) and blow up a propane tank (confirmed).

* Used in an elimination challenge during Season 3 of ''[[Top Shot]]''; the goal was to cut through a group of telephone poles.

* [[Deadliest Warrior]] season 3 has [[Theodore Roosevelt]] vs. [[Lawrence of Arabia]], and one of Roosevelt's weapons was a hand-cranked gatling gun.

 

== Manhwa ==

* Novic from ''[[Priest (manhwa)|Priest]]'' carries around a gatling gun. He doesn't seem to have any trouble firing it from the hip.

 

== Music ==

* [[The Protomen]] present Proto Man and [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] with Gatling guns for arms in artwork and live performances, as opposed to the plasma cannons they have in the games.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[GURPS]]'': Ultratech has gatling versions of just about everything which are at the low end of the high power weapons but have four times the rate of fire and about twice as many shots.

* ''[[Gammarauders]]'', a game about giant mutant cyborg animals fighting in the radioactive wastes after an apocalyptic nuclear war, features the Macrotechnic Popgun, so called because though it is of little use against the bioborgs it can still waste a lot of regular human soldiers, called popcorn because the bioborgs eat them like snacks.

* Gatling guns exist in [[New Horizon]]. They're quite powerful, but extremely expensive.

* Just one of the many weapons employed by the Jammers in ''[[Feng Shui]]''. Subtle, these guys are not.

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* Subject Delta uses a four-barreled variant in ''[[BioShock (series)]] 2''. Its fire rate is surprisingly low.

* In ''[[Alpha Protocol]]'', if you hire Steven Heck to provide fire support for a mission in the Taipei subway, he mounts a miningun inside a subway car and performs a drive-by on the station platform where you're pinned down. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMAhGRVDCvM No, seriously.]

 

== Web Animation ==

* A gatling gun is seen once in ''[[Madness Combat]] 8: Inundation''. The [[Big Bad|Auditor]] tries to kill [[Kung Fu Jesus|Jesus]] with it, but misses because Jesus [[Dodge the Bullet|dodges it]] by levitating towards him very fast. If you think this sounds weird, look at the [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|title]] [[Refuge in Cool|again]].

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' Riff invents [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/981004 an anti-vampire gatling gun that fires 100 wooden stakes per second.] Falls into [[Awesome but Impractical]] territory since it only holds 100 stakes and takes two days to reload.

* The [[Humongous Mecha]] {{spoiler|Dr. Silas Merlot}} of ''[[Girl Genius]]'' comes equipped with double gatling guns as its primary weapon. There's also Gil's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081015 "hand-cranked Runcible Gun"], which [[Literary Allusion Title|fires sporks]].

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold]]'': In "Mitefall!" the steam-powered cyborg assassin John Wilkes Booth has twin gatling guns.

* In the Season 2 Finale of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', Twilight Sparkle demonstrates her ability to use magic lasers. Pinkie Pie being [[Cloudcuckoolander|Pinkie Pie]], she picks up Twilight and uses her tail as the trigger to fire off a ''[http://i.neoseeker.com/mgv/574321-Liege/321/86/vbha1_display.gif unicorn magic gatling gun.]''

 

== Real Life ==

* The Russians built the Gryazev-Shipunov [https://web.archive.org/web/20080403100210/http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/str/cannons/gsh6_23.htm GSh-6-23], a gas operated rotary cannon firing at the incredible rate of 10,000 rounds per minute. Its higher-caliber relative [https://web.archive.org/web/20120107015745/http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/str/cannons/gsh6_30.htm GSh-6-30] has 6000 rpm.

** And an even more powerful variant, that is mounted on CIWS fires can fire 10,000 rounds per minute (sasha was a [[Shout-Out]] to this gun, even though its actual firing rate is 2400) but is 2 tonnes heavier than the standard 630.

** While certainly complete overkill from a tactical perspective (a regular belt fed machine gun would do the job just as well, or even better considering a much reduced waste of ammo), this thing is just perfect for covering any escape. When that thing pops out from nowhere, it is guaranteed to get everyones complete attention immediately with any possible attackers very likely forgetting about their original target. Even so, the amount of collateral damage that would occur from actually trying to use this to fight off assassins makes it just ludicrous.

 

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