Gun
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| - | # A [[cannon]] with relatively long [[barrel]], operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high [[muzzle]] [[velocity]]. JP 1-02. | + | Any [[weapon]] that launches a [[projectile]] from a [[tube]], even if it is not a [[firearm]], e.g., potato gun, air-pressure pellet gun. |
| - | # A cannon with tube length 30 [[caliber]]s or more. See also: [[howitzer]]; [[mortar]]. JP 1-02. | + | |
| - | # A very portable, short weapon, for hand use; a bullet or projectile-firing [[weapon]]; a handgun. | + | |
| - | # A less portable, long weapon; a bullet or projectile firing weapon; a [[rifle]], either manual, [[automatic]] or [[semi-automatic]], or a shotgun (or, historically, a musket or other firearm now obsolete). | + | |
| - | #: This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun. (U.S. military cadence, used to make recruits memorize that the only correct term for a soldier's firearm is 'rifle', not some 'gun'.) | + | |
| - | # Any weapon that launches a projectile from a tube, even if it is not a firearm, e.g., potato gun, air-pressure pellet gun. | + | |
| - | # Any device or tool that projects a payload in a superficially similar fashion to a firearm, e.g., nail gun, squirt gun, spray gun, grease gun. | + | |
| - | # A device or tool shaped like a pistol and operated in similar fashion by pulling a trigger with the index finger, e.g., rivet gun, price gun, screw gun. | + | |
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Shoot]] | *[[Shoot]] | ||
| + | == Namesakes == | ||
| + | *[[The Gun Club]] | ||
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Any weapon that launches a projectile from a tube, even if it is not a firearm, e.g., potato gun, air-pressure pellet gun.
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