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    Types

    Military

    Long gun

    o Arquebus

    o Blunderbuss

    o Musket

    Musketoon

    Wall gun

    Grenade launcher

    o Submachine gun

    Personal defense weapon

    o Rifle

    Lever-action rifle

    Bolt-action rifle

    Assault rifle

    Battle rifle

    Carbine

    Service rifle

    Sniper rifle

    o Shotgun

    Combat shotgun

    Semi-automatic shotgun
    Automatic shotgun

    Machine guns

    Gatling gun

    o Minigun

    The Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun is widely used by law enforcement tactical teams and
    military forces.

    Nordenfelt gun

    Metal Storm

    Mitrailleuse

    Submachine gun

    o Machine pistol

    Machine gun

    o General-purpose machine gun

    o Light machine gun

    Squad Automatic Weapon

    Infantry Automatic Rifle

    o Medium machine gun

    o Heavy machine gun

    Handguns

    Handgun
    o Service pistol

    o Revolver

    IOF .32 Revolver chambered in .32 S&W Long

    Smith & Wesson "Military and Police" revolver

    Service revolver

    o Machine pistol

    Autocannon

    Autocannon

    Chain gun

    Revolver cannon

    Artillery

    Artillery gun

    o Cannon

    o Carronade
    o Falconet

    o Field gun

    o Howitzer

    Tank

    Tank gun

    Hunting

    Elephant gun

    Express rifle

    Shotgun

    Varmint rifle

    Rescue equipment

    Flare gun

    Lyle gun

    Training and entertainment

    Air gun

    Airsoft gun

    BB gun

    Drill Purpose Rifle

    Paintball gun

    Potato cannon

    Spud gun

    Cap gun
    Water gun

    Nerf gun

    Energy

    Directed-energy weapon

    See also
    History of the firearm

    Gun culture

    Gun politics

    Gun safety

    Railgun

    Gauss gun

    Stun gun

    Gun Quarter

    Notes
    1. Jump up ^ The Chambers Dictionary, Allied Chambers - 1998, "gun", page 717

    2. ^ Jump up to: a b Judith Herbst, The History Of Weapons, Lerner Publications, 2005, page 8

    3. Jump up ^ Merriam-Webster, Inc. (1990). The Merriam-Webster's New Book of Word Histories.
    Basic Books. pg.207

    4. Jump up ^ Buchanan 2006, p. 2 "With its ninth century AD origins in China, the knowledge of
    gunpowder emerged from the search by alchemists for the secrets of life, to filter through the channels of
    Middle Eastern culture, and take root in Europe with consequences that form the context of the studies in
    this volume."

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