·

· Pistol
 Machine pistol
 Service pistol

· Revolver

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


o

Smith & Wesson "Military and Police" revolver

o
 Service revolver

Hunting
 Air gun
o BB gun
 Elephant gun
 Express rifle
 Rimfire rifle
 Speargun
 Varmint rifle

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

Autocannon
 Autocannon
 Chain gun
 Revolver cannon

Artillery
 Artillery gun
o Cannon
o Carronade
o Falconet
o Field gun
o Howitzer

Tank
 Tank gun

Rescue equipment
 Flare gun
 Lyle gun

Training and entertainment

 Airsoft gun
 Cap gun
 Drill Purpose Rifle
 Nerf gun
 Paintball gun
 Potato cannon
 Prop gun
 Spud gun
 Water gun

Energy
 Directed-energy weapon
See also

Look up gun in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

 Coilgun
 Firearm
 Gun control
 Gun cultures
 Gun ownership
 Gun Quarter
 Gun safety
 Overview of gun laws by nation
 Railgun
 Stun gun

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