Some articles on gun, guns:
QF 6 Inch /40 Naval Gun - UK Service - Second Boer War Land Service
... During the Second Boer War one gun was brought ashore from HMS Terrible in Natal in February 1900 at the request of General Buller, presumably in response to the failure ... It is reported on 17 February to have fired from "Gun Hill" (a small kopje 2 two miles (3 km) north of Chieveley) and knocked out a Boer gun at 16,500 yards (15,100 m), followed ... On 26 February Lieutenant Burne reports firing from the same position on a Boer gun at 15,000 yards (14,000 m) at 28° elevation and falling 200 yards (180 m) short ...
... During the Second Boer War one gun was brought ashore from HMS Terrible in Natal in February 1900 at the request of General Buller, presumably in response to the failure ... It is reported on 17 February to have fired from "Gun Hill" (a small kopje 2 two miles (3 km) north of Chieveley) and knocked out a Boer gun at 16,500 yards (15,100 m), followed ... On 26 February Lieutenant Burne reports firing from the same position on a Boer gun at 15,000 yards (14,000 m) at 28° elevation and falling 200 yards (180 m) short ...
QF 6 Inch /40 Naval Gun - Design - QF Technology
... These guns were developed to exploit the new "QF" technology, which involved loading the propellant charge in a brass case with primer in its base ... The Mk I was an Elswick gun of built up construction ... and in 1891 became the first Royal Navy gun using the Armstrong wire-wound construction ...
... These guns were developed to exploit the new "QF" technology, which involved loading the propellant charge in a brass case with primer in its base ... The Mk I was an Elswick gun of built up construction ... and in 1891 became the first Royal Navy gun using the Armstrong wire-wound construction ...
QF 12 Pounder 12 Cwt Naval Gun - Surviving Guns
... A gun of the Elswick Battery that served in the Second Boer War is displayed in the Royal Artillery Museum, London Another Elswick gun is with 203 (Elswick) Battery RA (V ...
... A gun of the Elswick Battery that served in the Second Boer War is displayed in the Royal Artillery Museum, London Another Elswick gun is with 203 (Elswick) Battery RA (V ...
QF 4.7 Inch Gun Mk I–IV
... The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 120-mm naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and 1890s which served with the navies of various countries ... to provide the British Army with a long range gun ... The gun was originally designed to replace the older BL 5 inch (127 mm) naval guns ...
... The QF 4.7 inch Gun Mks I, II, III, and IV were a family of British quick-firing 120-mm naval and coast defence guns of the late 1880s and 1890s which served with the navies of various countries ... to provide the British Army with a long range gun ... The gun was originally designed to replace the older BL 5 inch (127 mm) naval guns ...
QF 6 Pounder Hotchkiss - United Kingdom - United Kingdom Tank Service
... The gun was used to equip Male versions of the early British tanks, Mk I - Mk III ... the existing Hotchkiss 6 pounder naval gun appeared to most closely meet the need ... A single gun was mounted in each sponson (side barbette), i.e ...
... The gun was used to equip Male versions of the early British tanks, Mk I - Mk III ... the existing Hotchkiss 6 pounder naval gun appeared to most closely meet the need ... A single gun was mounted in each sponson (side barbette), i.e ...
More definitions of "gun":
- (noun): A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability).
Synonyms: gunman
- (noun): A hand-operated pump that resembles a gun; forces grease into parts of a machine.
Synonyms: grease-gun
- (noun): A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
- (noun): The discharge of a gun as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies.
Example: "A twenty gun salute"
- (noun): A professional killer who uses a gun.
Synonyms: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter
- (noun): A pedal that controls the throttle valve.
Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle
- (verb): Shoot with a gun.
Famous quotes containing the word gun:
“War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)
“I’d like to say I didn’t intend to kill her. But when you have a gun ... you always intend ... when you have to.”
—Ketti Frings (1915–1981)
“I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say ‘you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.’”
—David Mamet, U.S. screenwriter, and Brian DePalma. Al Capone (Robert DeNiro)