The Army recently tested a Gatling gun mounted to a UH-60 Black Hawk for the first time at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona.

At the first sign of trouble, the gunner can pop through roof panels mounted on spring-loaded gas shocks, swivel up to 360 degrees, and unleash a withering, 3000-rounds-per-minute barrage.

In an age of slow-loading rifles, the Gatling offered unprecedented firepower. Why does the world still know the name of gun that's been obsolete for 100 years?

If, like me, you've never looked at a box of K'nex and thought "that would be the ideal thing to make a back-mounted gatling gun" then this Instructable will be a real education. Requiring 6100 ...

Constructed out of durable aluminum, the gun’s spinning turret boasts six 1.4-watt Class 4 blue lasers. For aiming purposes, a 100-mW green laser has been mounted on one side of the gun ...

A 100-mW green laser is mounted to one side, to assist in aiming. The turret speed can be controlled using a knob on the underside of the gun, while four ball bearings keep that turret spinning ...

And in one scene made famous in commercials, Brolin's character blasts away several people using a horse-mounted Gatling gun. The actor admitted the use such a machine gun was absurd but 'funny.' ...

The Tampa features a roof-mounted gatling gun, but it can also be modified to add four front-facing missile launchers, a swiveling remote turret, and even dual mortar launchers attached at the rear.

The gun the A-10 Warthog uses is a GAU-8/A 30mm cannon, designed and built by General Dynamics. It can fire 4,200 rounds per minute, making easy work of tanks.

The GAU-19 is a gatling gun typically mounted on helicopters, jets, land vehicles, and naval vessels. It has three barrels and is capable of firing 1,300 rounds per minute.

The M134 GAU-17 “Vulcan” cannon is a six-barreled, air cooled, medium machine gun used primarily as a fire suppression weapon in aircraft for the U.S. military. The so-called “Gatling ...