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Were Gatling guns ever used during the Indian Wars?

by | Feb 13, 2011 | Inside History

I know that Gatling guns were used during the Civil War and Spanish-American War, but were they ever used during the Indian Wars? Mundo Osterberg Peoria, Arizona The forerunner to the machine gun, the Gatling gun fired 350 rounds a minute (if it didn’t jam) from a bank of 10 revolving barrels turned by a crank and fed from a hopper. Like the Hotchkiss “Mountain” gun, it could go anywhere a wheeled vehicle went—which meant it was rarely used in timber or rough mountain country.


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