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| A '''gun''' is an aimable ] that fires ]s at high velocity, or a device that resembles such a weapon used for other purposes (e.g., ''glue gun'') in common usage. The term is also used for types of ] with long barrels that fire at a relatively flat trajectory. The term '''gun''' is often used as a synonym to firearm, but technically only refers to smoothbore firearms and naval artillery, with ]s not being called a gun. | A '''gun''' is an aimable ] that Kills People, to use it point it at your head and pull the trigger! fires ]s at high velocity, or a device that resembles such a weapon used for other purposes (e.g., ''glue gun'') in common usage. The term is also used for types of ] with long barrels that fire at a relatively flat trajectory. The term '''gun''' is often used as a synonym to firearm, but technically only refers to smoothbore firearms and naval artillery, with ]s not being called a gun. | ||
| Most guns are designed to kill people or animals, with a minority being designed for sporting purposes. | Most guns are designed to kill people or animals, with a minority being designed for sporting purposes. | ||
Revision as of 23:47, 23 September 2004
A gun is an aimable weapon that Kills People, to use it point it at your head and pull the trigger! fires projectiles at high velocity, or a device that resembles such a weapon used for other purposes (e.g., glue gun) in common usage. The term is also used for types of artillery with long barrels that fire at a relatively flat trajectory. The term gun is often used as a synonym to firearm, but technically only refers to smoothbore firearms and naval artillery, with rifles not being called a gun.
Most guns are designed to kill people or animals, with a minority being designed for sporting purposes.
See Firearm for the main rifle and gun page.
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Types of weapons
- Airgun
- Anti-aircraft
- Anti-Materiel Rifle
- Anti-Tank Rifle
- Arquebus
- Artillery
- Assault rifle
- Autocannon
- Brown Bess
- Cannon
- Carbine
- Charleville musket
- Combat shotguns
- Derringer
- Directed Energy Weapons
- Duelling pistols
- Electroshock gun
- Flintlock
- Gatling gun
- Handgun
- Howitzer
- Long gun
- Machine gun
- Machine pistol
- Matchlock
- Metal Storm
- Mortar
- Musket
- Muzzleloader
- Pistol
- Pneumatic
- Railgun
- Recoilless rifle
- Revolver
- Rifle
- Saturday-night special
- Sawn-off shotgun
- Semi-automatic/self-loading pistol
- Semi-automatic
- Shotgun
- Silencer
- Single-shot
- Small arms
- Sniper rifle
- Squirt gun
- Submachine gun
- Supergun
- Wheellock
Theory
- Ballistics
- Electrothermal-chemical technology
- Firearm action
- Optics
- Physics of firearms
- Terminal ballistics
Politics
Lists
- List of aircraft weapons
- List of common WWII weapons
- List of crew served weapons of the US Armed Forces
- List of firearms
- List of individual weapons of the US Armed Forces
- List of modern armament manufacturers
- List of prototype WWII weapons
- List of secondary and special issue WWII weapons
- List of submachineguns
- Lists of weapons in video games
- Military technology and equipment