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Ever since Richard Gatling's 1861 invention, the rapid-firing rotary gun has had a special place among [[BFG
The gatling gun is likely to function as a significantly more powerful version of a regular machine gun, requiring hulking mountains of muscle to move them, or some kind of vehicle mount. If one gets used, you can expect it to give a nice steady buzz as it spews a constant stream of death.
Modern superfast Gatling guns actually make a strange, deafening buzzing sound in the bass register (5000 rounds per minute equals 83.
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]].
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* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': When Basque Grand transmutes an enormous arsenal of weapons, there's a gatling gun somewhere in there.
* For a while, a Vulcan cannon was the primary "weapon" of Bungo Takano's "shadow dragon" Hainekuwele in ''[[Narutaru]]''.
* ''[[Gundam]]'' features gatlings all the time. The most prominent example is probably the [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Heavyarms]]. Aside from the [[BFG|Beam Gatling]] fitted on the arm, it also carries [[Chest Blaster|a pair hidden in its chest]]. Later in the series, it gets upgraded to a double beam Gatling. In ''Endless Waltz'' it was [[
* ''[[Macross]]'' (and ''[[Robotech]]'') both feature [[Humongous Mecha]] scale Gatling cannons typically called Gunpods as their primary weapon for nearly all Valkyries, in various forms since inception. It should be noted that the Gatling cannons generally have a ''[[BFG|two inch bore]]''.
* 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
* ''[[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.
* [[Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu|Guu]] has a gatling [[Arm Cannon|gun arm]].
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* One villain from ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' wields one in "The Hunt for Greenback Jane"/"Roanapur Freak Show".
* The first ''[[Rebuild of Evangelion]]'' movie featured Unit 01 with a ''[http://img.youtube.com/vi/R110lcX_hnw/0.jpg huge gatling gun]''. Eva-scale. With [[Spent Shells Shower|spent casings]] that crush cars underneath them.
* The titular [[Humongous Mecha|Exaxxion mecha]] from ''[[Cannon God Exaxxion|Cannon God E Xa X Xion]]'' subverts this by making a trio of 88
* Milly Thompson of ''[[Trigun]]'' carries a semiautomatic version that fires expanding projectiles with enough force to knock over whatever they hit, including armored trucks.
** Monev the Gale uses a pair of wrist-mounted Gatlings powerful enough to tear through buildings, then switches to an even larger one that can destroy a bank vault.
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* [[ToyHammer|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]]'', an [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]] [[Fanfic]], has a Texas arms manufacturer come up with a Gatling railgun.
* ''[[The Life of the Legendaries]]'' features 20
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* ''[[Kick-Ass (film)|Kick-Ass]]'' features a suit of [[Power Armor]] with gatling guns built into each arm.
* 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
* 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.]]
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' loves these, from the "assault cannon" on Space Marine Terminators and Dreadnoughts, the Tau's [[Energy Weapon]] Burst Cannon, through the tank-shredding Vulcan Mega Bolter and Gatling Blaster, and right up to the Imperator Titan's Hellstorm
* ''[[BattleTech]]'' commonly depicts many machineguns and Autocannons as rotary-style guns, and recently introduced the separate Rotary Autocannon as its own class of weapon.
* Many mecha and vehicles in ''[[Rifts]]'' are adopting [[Rule of Cool|rotary railguns]] as antipersonnel weapons.
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* In ''[[Armored Core]] For Answer'', one can mount hand or back mounted gatlings onto your AC. Also of note is GA's arms fort great wall, possessing two sets of two gatlings the size of aircraft carriers.
* In ''[[Rise of Legends]]'', the Vinci hero Lenora rides a flying machine with a massive Gatling gun mounted on the bottom. Of course, it's not nearly effective as it should be.
* ''[[Just Cause (video game)|Just Cause 2]]'' has turret-mounted miniguns placed around most military bases. The player can actually pull them off and use them like a normal gun, but with some
* Subverted in ''[[Escape Velocity]]'', where the mass driver, described as "the modern-day equivalent of the ancient gatling gun," has only an average rate of fire and its shots travel far slower than the standard [[Frickin' Laser Beams]], which also have the advantage of being primary weapons.
** ''[[Escape Velocity]]:Nova'''s chaingun follows the trope straight, however, with a fire rate (while firing, as it fires in bursts of 20) of 1800 rounds per minute (the maximum allowed by the game per gun). Additionally, it has a longer range and tends to deal more damage than medium-range blasters (and can out-damage the heavy blasters).
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