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A gun is an aimable weapon that 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.
Related topics
Types of weapons
Theory
- Ballistics
- Electrothermal-chemical technology
- Firearm action
- Optics
- Physics of firearms
- Terminal ballistics
Politics and society
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