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Revision as of 02:09, 9 April 2004 by Kevin Saff (talk | contribs) (interlanguage link)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
See Firearm for the main rifle and gun page.
Things related to 'gun'
- Pistol
- Handgun
- Derringer
- Duelling pistols
- Flintlock
- Machine pistol
- Pneumatic
- Revolver
- Semi-automatic/self-loading pistol
- Single-shot
- Wheellock
- Long gun
- Arquebus
- Carbine
- Machine gun
- Musket
- Flintlock
- Wheellocks
- Matchlock
- Charleville musket
- Brown Bess
- Muzzleloader
- Pneumatic
- Rifle
- Assault rifle
- Anti-Materiel Rifle
- Anti-Tank Rifle
- Sniper Rifle
- Semi-automatic
- Shotgun
- Submachine gun
- Artillery
- Anti-aircraft
- Autocannon
- Cannon
- Gatling gun
- Howitzer
- Mortar
- Recoilless rifle
- Airgun
- Directed Energy Weapons
- Electroshock gun
- Railgun
- Potato gun
- Sawed-Off Shotgun
- Squirt Guns
- Ballistics
- Electrothermal-chemical technology
- Firearm action
- Optics
- Physics of firearms
- Silencer
- Terminal ballistics
- Gun law
- Gun politics
- Non-violence
- Saturday-night special
- Small arms
- 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 prototype WWII weapons
- List of secondary and special issue WWII weapons
- Lists of weapons in video games
- List of submachineguns
- List of modern armament manufacturers
- Military technology and equipment