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The Gun (1940 Film)
A gun is an object that propels a projectile through a hollow tube, primarily as weaponry. Gun(s) may also refer to: Implements * Cannon * Artillery * Deluge gun * Water gun * Light gun, a pistol-shaped gaming controller * Gun (staff), a weapon used in Chinese martial arts Places * Gun, a former administrative District of Japan * Gun, a Korean county * Gunnersbury station, London, England, National Rail station code * Kőszeg or Güns, a town in Hungary People * Gun (Korean name), a masculine given name in Korean * Gun (Swedish name), a feminine given name in Swedish * Gün, a Turkish name * Katharine Gun (born 1974), a former GCHQ employee and whistleblower * Lance Gun (1903–1958), Australian cricketer * Tracii Guns (born 1966), lead guitarist * Alice Gun, English musician * Gun (Chinese mythology) (鯀), mythological man and appointed flood control engineer, the father of Yu the Great, or, in other accounts, a legendary giant fish * Gun, an alternative name in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannon
A cannon is a large- caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during the late 19th century. Cannons vary in gauge, effective range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees, depending on their intended use on the battlefield. A cannon is a type of heavy artillery weapon. The word ''cannon'' is derived from several languages, in which the original definition can usually be translated as ''tube'', ''cane'', or ''reed''. In the modern era, the term ''cannon'' has fallen into decline, replaced by ''guns'' or ''artillery'', if not a more specific term such as howitzer or mortar, except for high-caliber automatic weapons firing bigger rounds than machine guns, called autocannons. The earliest known depict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun (Chinese Mythology)
Gun (, lit. "big fish"), also known as Count of Chong (), was a figure in Chinese mythology, sometimes noted as the father of Yu the Great, the founder of the Xia dynasty. Gun was appointed to the task of controlling the Great Flood by Emperor Yao on the advice of the Four Mountains. Gun used dykes to try to stop the flooding but the dykes collapsed, killing many people. In mythology According to Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian, Gun's father was Zhuanxu, grandfather was Changyi, and great-grandfather was the Yellow Emperor, Changyi & Gun being mere officials, not emperors. Book of Han, quoting Lord Yu Imperial Lineage, stated that Gun was a five-generation-descendant of Zhuanxu. The Classic of Mountains and Seas stated that Gun (also known as "White Horse" Báimǎ) was the son of Luómíng, who in turn was the son of the Yellow Emperor. Also in many versions of the mythology, Gun appears as a demi-god. In legends, he even discovered some of the secrets of the gods. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gun (novel)
''The Gun'' is a novel by C.S. Forester about an imaginary series of incidents involving a single eighteen-pounder cannon during the Peninsular War (1807-1814.) The book was first published in 1933 and has as its background the brutal war of liberation of Spanish and Portuguese forces (regular and partisans) and their British allies against the occupying armies of Napoleonic France. As the story begins, the titular huge bronze cannon is abandoned by the remnants of a regular Spanish army retreating after their defeat in the Battle of Espinosa. The local people wish to employ it in their resistance against the French, but are eventually forced to hide it away beneath a pile of stone to prevent its capture. Years later, a group of guerrilleros learn of its location and conscript the locals to outfit it with carriage and train. Over time, the gun is used in battle with ever-increasing success. It falls under the control of a series of guerrilla leaders; each achieves strong leade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gun (Chivers Book)
''The Gun'' is a nonfiction book written by journalist C. J. Chivers about the AK-47 rifle and its variants, and the impact they have had on the world. It covers the origins of the design, its invention and distribution, and the consequences of the pattern's spread around the world. Synopsis A prologue relates two events in 1949 in the Soviet Union marking the beginning of the Cold War: the first Soviet nuclear test and innovation in the development of the automatic rifle; the former made total war unwinnable and the latter made smaller proxy wars the principle activity of the Cold War, and automatic rifles would prove the most lethal weapons of the Cold War. Origins Roughly the first third of the book is devoted to the history of the development of automatic firearms, including the biographies of Hiram Maxim, Richard Gatling, Paul Mauser, John T. Thompson, their eponymous automatic weapons, and their impact on warfare. Invention and distribution Chivers deconstructs the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guns (essay)
"''Guns''" is a non-fiction essay written by American writer Stephen King on the issue of gun violence, published in 2013. He wrote it after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, elaborating on why he let the novel '' Rage'' (1977) and '' The Bachman Books'' (1985), the omnibus in which ''Rage'' also appeared, go out of print. In the essay, King calls on gun owners to support a ban on assault weapons. On January 25, 2013, the essay was published as a Kindle Single, and on February 11, 2013, "Guns" was released as an audiobook An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in sc ... narrated by Christian Rummel. King's official website states, "All profits from 'Guns' will benefit the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence." See also * Stephen King bibliography Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian Units Of Nations
is a 2005 platform game developed by Sega Studios USA (the former United States division of Sonic Team) and published by Sega as part of the '' Sonic the Hedgehog'' series. The game follows Shadow the Hedgehog, a creation of Doctor Eggman's grandfather, Prof. Gerald Robotnik with the aid of Black Doom, as he attempts to learn about his past while suffering from amnesia. ''Shadow the Hedgehog'' reintroduces third-person shooter elements from ''Sonic Adventure 1'' and ''Sonic Adventure 2'' but greatly expands on the concept and newly introduces nonlinear gameplay to the ''Sonic'' franchise. To defeat enemies, Shadow can use a variety of weapons from each faction and use the newly introduced Chaos powers to aid him in his quest. Out of the twenty-two levels there are eleven that have three possible missions that the player may choose to complete, the other eleven have two missions. The missions completed determine the game's plot and subsequently playable levels. The development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun (video Game)
''Gun'' is a Western (genre)#Revisionist Western, Western-themed Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game developed by Neversoft and Video game publisher, published by Activision for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox (console), Xbox, GameCube, and Xbox 360 (as a launch title) in 2005. The PlayStation Portable version was released a year later under the title ''Gun: Showdown'', this version features new side-missions, a multiplayer mode, and other additions that were not available in the console versions. During its first month, the game sold 225,000 copies across the four console systems for which it was initially released. The game had sold over 1.4 million units in the United States as of October 2008. It was well received by game critics and won several awards, including GameSpy's Xbox 360 Action Game of the Year. Gameplay ''Gun'' features an action role-playing game environment, including side-missions that add to the story. Players control the protagonist, C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun (cellular Automaton)
In a cellular automaton, a gun is a pattern with a main part that repeats periodically, like an oscillator, and that also periodically emits spaceships. There are then two periods that may be considered: the period of the spaceship output, and the period of the gun itself, which is necessarily a multiple of the spaceship output's period. A gun whose period is larger than the period of the output is a pseudoperiod gun. In the Game of Life, for every ''p'' greater than or equal to 14, it is possible to construct a glider gun in which the gliders are emitted with period ''p''. Since guns continually emit spaceships, the existence of guns in Life means that initial patterns with finite numbers of cells can eventually lead to configurations with limitless numbers of cells, something that John Conway himself originally conjectured to be impossible. However, according to Conway's later testimony, this conjecture was explicitly intended to encourage someone to disprove it – i.e. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gun (1974 Film)
''The Gun'' is a 1974 American thriller drama television film. It stars David Huffman, Ron Thompson, Richard Bright, Pepe Serna, Lee de Broux, and Stephen Elliott. It was written directly for television by Jay Benson, Richard Levinson, and William Link, and directed by John Badham, then a working director of television productions. Levinson and Link were also the producers of the film. It aired on ABC as a ''Movie of the Week'' on November 13, 1974. ''The Gun'' was inspiration for the song " Golden Ring", recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette in 1976. The song would reach number-one on the Billboard Country Singles chart later that year. There have been episodes of TV series inspired by this TV-movie, such as a 1975 episode of ''Hawaii Five-O'' titled " Diary of a Gun." A 1982 episode of ''Quincy, M.E.'' titled " Guns Don't Die" has a very similar plot to ''The Gun'', including the ending. Plot A series of interweaving stories tell the journey of a handgun — specificall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guns (film)
''Guns '' is a 1990 action film about a group of female agents who are sent to take out a South American gun runner. The film was written and directed by Andy Sidaris, and stars Erik Estrada, Dona Speir, Devin DeVasquez, Cynthia Brimhall, and Danny Trejo. It's the fifth installment in the Triple B series. Plot An international crime lord stages a brutal murder to lure federal agents away from Hawaii in an attempt to smuggle assault weapons from China to South America, via Hawaii. Cast See also *Girls with guns Girls with guns is a subgenre of action films and animation that portray a female protagonist engaged in shootouts. The genre typically involves gun-play, stunts and martial arts action. Cinema The 1985 Hong Kong film ''Yes, Madam'', directed ... References External links *Guns on NanarLand 1990 films 1990s action films 1990s crime drama films 1990s spy films American sexploitation films 1990s English-language films American spy action films Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun (2011 Film)
''Gun'' is a 2011 Kannada film in the action genre starring Harish Raj and Mallika Kapoor in the lead roles. Nikitha also plays an important role. The film has been directed and written by Harish Raj and is jointly produced by K. Murali under Nishanth Constructions. The music was composed by Ronnie Raphel. Kalyan and Kaviraj wrote the lyrics for the songs. The film was released on 25 February 2011. Plot The life of the protagonist is affected by a 'Gun' in two times in this film. Both the times he was about to accept the love. The life of engineering student Ganesh (Harish Raj) takes curious turn when beautiful Vandana (Nikitha) accept him in her life. At the last moment the bloody confusion in the market place where the cop is chasing the underworld don becomes very costly in the life of Ganesha. Wasim Khan brother from Dubai shoots at but it falls to Vandana. Frightened with this development Ganesha is lost in agony. He gives up his education and takes to drinking. When Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gun (2010 Film)
''Gun'' is a 2010 American crime action film directed by Jessy Terrero, written by 50 Cent and starring himself, Val Kilmer and James Remar. Filming took place in Detroit and Grand Rapids, Michigan. Synopsis Angel (Kilmer) is released from prison only to get involved in the gun-running ring of his old friend, Rich (Jackson). They raid a club, which results in the killing of a rival arms dealer called Ali Tyrell. A police officer is assigned to investigate and calls a meeting, but two ATF agents come in disrupting the meeting. The discussion continues and centres around a mathematics teacher who bought a Smith & Wesson firearm, which was stolen from his house and used by a gangster in another killing. He decides to sell the gun back to the same shop it was originally bought from and it is then passed on to Rich and his gang. Angel teams up with Rich who helped him before to move guns and gets involved with the torture of an arms dealer who lied to them. Rich also meets a ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
