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{{quote|''"{{[[[I Call It Vera]] Sasha}}] weighs one hundred fifty kilograms and fires two hundred dollar custom-tooled cartridges at ten thousand rounds per minute. It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon, for '''twelve seconds."'''''|'''The Heavy,''' ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Meet The Heavy]]''}}

* 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.

* When President Obama was going on his procession to his inauguration, he had better protection than you probably realize; he was tailed by an Secret Service SUV with a gatling gun turret that pops out of the roof. [http://jalopnik.com/5134488/presidential-gatling-gun+equipped-suburban-badder-than-new-cadillac-limo See here.]

** 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.