Gatling-Gun, Chain-Gun or Mini-Gun?

Gatling-Gun for specifically the one in old westerns/The Last Samurai.

Chain Gun for guns powered by a chain-driven mechanism.

Mini-Gun for the one that's usually in video games. the M134 or the M61 Vulcan.

Depends which one it actually is as those are all different things.

GUN-GUN!

I picked mini-gun because I like the word mini-gun, but yeah, those are not inter-changeable words.

I went with mini-gun because I like the contradiction of calling the largest gun a mini-gun.

These are all different types of guns.

For handheld, multi-barrel, fully automatic weapons in video games, I like the term chaingun. I am aware it is inaccurate, but I hate when it's referred to as a Gatling gun.

But yeah, those are not the same thing, despite what video games may tell you.

Gatling Gun for both the name and actual weapon.

Chaingun sounds stupid.

Minigun I like when it's ironic like the one in Serious Sam

Yup. I know nothing about guns, but even I knew that.

Always been Gatling Gun to me since Resident Evil 2. Those were the days!

Gal-Gun.

For day -to-day use, I perfere a AU-8/A Avenger, 30 mm hydraulically driven seven-barrel Gatling-type autocannon.

I always use Gatling gun. Even though that's not the official name for the modern ones now, they're still using a Gatling type of design.

Chain gun and Minigun always sounded stupid to me.

Those are different types of guns

This one gets it.

@acidbrandon18: Chainguns typically don't have multiple barrels, you know. The action is driven by a chain, powered by a separate motor, usually electric.

I mean, yeah, it depends on the game. Usually they specify per game. Wolfenstein 3D has a chain gun, Serious Sam has a minigun, Red Alert 2: Yuri’s Revenge had gatling guns.

If I were presented with a multi-spinning-barrelled gun without context... I’d go for minigun, probably. But if it were mounted to a vehicle or turret, I’d probably go for gatling gun.

The only thing concerning these weapons that I care about, is the giant mecha/robot they are stored inside of.