The History of the Aerial Gatling Gun.

Abstract

This historical analysis traces the history of the Gatling gun as an aerial weapon. The end of World War II is the starting point for the analysis, and the focus is the development of the weapon for U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft. Chapter One examines some of the aerial combat lessons of World War II, from both Allied and German perspectives, thereby establishing a need for the weapon. The remaining three chapters look at development of the weapon, weapon deployment up through 1986, and the future beyond 1986, respectively.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA179871

Entities

People

  • Dennis C. Carel

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Airframes
  • Altitude
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Firing Rate
  • Machine Guns
  • Materials
  • Military Aircraft
  • Production Engineering
  • Reliability
  • Supersonic Aircraft
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • ballistics.