Gatlingus

Gatlingus was an ancient weapons designer that lived at an unknown point in history. Historians credited Gatlingus with the development of the Gatling gun, which referred to any mounted projectile weapon that utilized multiple rotating barrels and was the predecessor to the rotary cannon. Early Gatling guns, which fired solid projectiles often using a crank as a trigger, were used by Republic colonial forces. Some mounted blaster designs in modern times were also referred to as "Gatling-type rotary cannons" and were typically fitted on landspeeders or aboard starfighters.