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This article is about projectile weapons. For other uses, see Gun (disambiguation).

A gun is a common name given to a device that fires high-velocity projectiles. The projectile, its caliber, or diameter, usually designated in fractions of an inch or porodfhcgfhasdfgsjhajksfhfhfhjksdvajhsdhvhdsaabfajhdbvche first rifles were known as 'rifled guns'.

The term "gun" is often used synonymously with firearm, but in military usage the term refers only porn is cooldefinition. The exception to this is the shotgun, which is hand-held, has a smooth bore and fires a load of shot o<object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XmyvVd1kH0Q"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XmyvVd1kH0Q" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>r a single projectile known as a slug.

The word "gun" is also applied to some more or less vaguely gun-like tools, such as staple guns and glue guns.

In a gun-type fission weapon the "gun" is part of a nuclear weapon. The "projectile" is fissile material that is fired and captured inside the device. In the case of nuclear artillery it should not be confused with the gun that fires the whole warhead.

At times, the word gun is used to describe the person holding the weapon rather than the weapon itself, as in "a hired gun".

Etymology: "gun" is found in Middle English as "gonne", and seems to come from the Germanic woman's name Gunhild or Gundhild = "war sword", applied to an early cannon.

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