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== Fanfiction ==

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

* [[Toy Hammer (Fanfic)|A Warhammer 40,000 fanfic]] has the main character and his allies [[More Dakka|create a literal wall]] of gatling guns ([[Shout Out|shouting out]] to [[Modern Warfare 2]] while they were at it) as the first stage of their counterattack against a charging horde of {{spoiler|daemons}}.

* [[Toy Hammer (Fanfic)|A Warhammer 40,000 fanfic]] has the main character and his allies [[More Dakka|create a literal wall]] of gatling guns ([[Shout-Out|shouting out]] to [[Modern Warfare 2]] while they were at it) as the first stage of their counterattack against a charging horde of {{spoiler|daemons}}.

* ''[[And If That Don't Work (Fanfic)|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.

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* ''[[Predator]]'' features the famous GE M134 minigun 'Old Painless' wielded by former Navy SEAL, former Pro Wrestler and later Minnesota Governor [[Jesse Ventura]], and was the first handheld minigun ever to be used on film (or in any fiction for that matter). The actors firing that thing had to be braced just offscreen, lest the recoil knock them on their ass. And that was just firing ''blanks''. They also had to connect it to an external power source offscreen, via a wire that went down his pants.

** Jesse himself has stated that while the gun was suspended from an offscreen crane in early takes, later he actually managed to fire it without. According to him: 'You just had to grit your teeth and hold on. It's like firing a chainsaw. It's fucking ridiculous. Why the fuck would anyone want to use something like that?'

* ''[[The Sum of All Fears]]'' has a scene where a 20mm Vulcan cannon in a [[Anti Air|Phalanx mounting]] on the USS ''John C. Stennis'' is used in an attempt to defend the ship from a missile attack.

* ''[[The Sum of All Fears]]'' has a scene where a 20mm Vulcan cannon in a [[Anti-Air|Phalanx mounting]] on the USS ''John C. Stennis'' is used in an attempt to defend the ship from a missile attack.

* A criminal uses one in ''[[Superman Returns]]'', [[Shooting Superman|to no effect]].

* The [[Big Bad]]'s suit in ''[[Iron Man (Film)|Iron Man]]'' has, in addition to a rocket launcher, a huge wrist-mounted Gatling gun.

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* Spoofed in ''[[Carry On|Carry On up the Khyber Pass]]''. The heroes turn a hand-cranked gatling-type on the horde of rampaging Burpers, only for it to play music instead. They open the drum magazine [[Rule of Funny|to discover a gramophone record]].

* ''[[Kick-Ass (Film)|Kick-Ass]]'' features a suit of [[Power Armor]] with gatling guns built into each arm.

* The Rojos in ''[[A ~~Fistfulof~~ Dollars]]'' steal a shipment of gold by posing as American soldiers, using the Hand-cranked Gatling Gun the real soldiers they'd already ambushed and killed had brought along.

* The Rojos in ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' steal a shipment of gold by posing as American soldiers, using the Hand-cranked Gatling Gun the real soldiers they'd already ambushed and killed had brought along.

* There seems to be a pattern of Machine Gun use by villains in [[Spaghetti Western|Spaghetti Westerns]]. In ''The Grand Duel,'' The Saxons use a water-cooled machine gun against a group of settlers sitting on a silver claim.

* The [[Fixed Forward Facing Weapon|long-nine bow cannons]] on the [[Pirates of the Caribbean|''Flying Dutchman'']] had three rotating barrels.

* The [[Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon|long-nine bow cannons]] on the [[Pirates of the Caribbean|''Flying Dutchman'']] had three rotating barrels.

* In ''[[Rango]]'', the moles are seen riding on bats mounted with civil war-style gatling guns. In addition, Rattlesnake Jake has a gatling gun [[Arm Cannon|where his rattle should be.]]

* In ''[[The Warriors Way]]'', the Colonel's gang had at least two miniature gatling guns they used against the horde of ninjas.

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* Alisa Amiella in ''[[Gods Eater Burst]]'' wields the red gatling gun Raging Lore as the gun part of her Swiss Army Weapon. Later on, the player can create the very same gun, or a blue version, named Silent Cry.

* ''[[Shattered Union]]'' has Vulcan Anti Air unit, which is basicly [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|a tank with Vulcan instead of cannon]]. Pacifica takes the cake tough, by mounting two cannon sized gatling guns on their special unit.

* The [[Mini Mecha|Elite Powered Armor]] from ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|FEAR 2]]'' and its successor the Enhanced Powered Armor from ''FEAR 3'' are equipped with infinite-ammo gatling guns capable of reducing most enemies to [[Ludicrous Gibs]]. The player must use caution when using them however, as holding down the trigger too long will cause the guns to overheat.

* The [[Mini-Mecha|Elite Powered Armor]] from ''[[First Encounter Assault Recon|FEAR 2]]'' and its successor the Enhanced Powered Armor from ''FEAR 3'' are equipped with infinite-ammo gatling guns capable of reducing most enemies to [[Ludicrous Gibs]]. The player must use caution when using them however, as holding down the trigger too long will cause the guns to overheat.

* ''[[Terraria (Video Game)|Terraria]]'' has the Minishark, which can be bought at the Arms Dealer for fifty gold. In addition, the gun can be crafted into the Star Cannon, the strongest weapon in the game that fires Fallen Stars [[For Massive Damage]].

* In the ''[[Naval Ops]]'' series, gatling guns can be mounted to defend against enemy missiles and aircraft. Rather larger gatling cannon (up to 406mm) can be used as a battleship's main armament.

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* The rotary gun experienced renewed popularity in the second half of the 20th century as anti-aircraft weapons. Where firing windows are measured in fractions of seconds, higher rates of fire are a massive advantage and an externally powered gun can't be stopped by a dud cartridge. The 20mm M61 Vulcan, developed in 1959, is still in use to this day on US fighter aircraft. Newer versions of the M61 are lighter and have a faster rate of fire, with derivatives (GAU-22 and GAU-8) firing heavier shells.

* The M134 Minigun is a smaller version of the Vulcan chambered in 7.62 NATO. It's used by some helicopters and ground vehicles as a more rapid-firing alternative to conventional machine guns. The huge ammunition stores required, power feeds and weight of the gun preclude a man-pack configuration.

* The GAU-8 Avenger, a gun so [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/~~Image:GAU-~~8_meets_VW_Type_1~~.jpg enormous] that the A-10 Thunderbolt II ([[Fan Nickname|AKA]] "Tank-Killer" or "Warthog") was built around it. It fires seventy 30mm depleted uranium rounds per second, each capable of penetrating 69mm of armor at 500m. The gun can expend its entire magazine of 1,200 rounds in 17 seconds, and at maximum fire rate, the recoil force is a significant fraction of the engines' thrust. The recoil is not enough to [[Recoil Boost|stall the airplane or fly it backward]].

* The GAU-8 Avenger, a gun so [[wikipedia:Image:GAU-8 meets VW Type 1.jpg|enormous]] that the A-10 Thunderbolt II ([[Fan Nickname|AKA]] "Tank-Killer" or "Warthog") was built around it. It fires seventy 30mm depleted uranium rounds per second, each capable of penetrating 69mm of armor at 500m. The gun can expend its entire magazine of 1,200 rounds in 17 seconds, and at maximum fire rate, the recoil force is a significant fraction of the engines' thrust. The recoil is not enough to [[Recoil Boost|stall the airplane or fly it backward]].

* The [http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/RED%20QUEEN.htm T249 "Vigilante"], a tank with a [[BFG|37mm Gatling cannon]].

* The Russians built the Gryazev-Shipunov [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 [http://www.kbptula.ru/eng/str/cannons/gsh6_30.htm GSh-6-30] has 6000 rpm.

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