gun mortar

  • 1Brandt 60 mm LR Gun-mortar — The Brandt 60 mm Long Range gun mortar is a breech loading mortar capable of flat trajectory firing like a gun. It is used solely for the armament of light armoured vehicles such as armoured personnel carriers (APCs) or IFVs to give them a useful …

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  • 2gun — [n] weapon that shoots 9 mm.*, blaster*, cannon, difference*, equalizer*, flintlock, forty five*, handgun, hardware*, howitzer, magnum, mortar, musket, ordnance, peashooter*, persuader*, piece*, pistol, revolver, rifle, rod*, Saturday night… …

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  • 3Mortar (weapon) — Part of the series on Cannon His …

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  • 4gun — gun1 gunless, adj. /gun/, n., v., gunned, gunning. n. 1. a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance. 2. any portable firearm, as a rifle,… …

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  • 5mortar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cannon, howitzer; cement, bond; vessel, cup; grinder, crucible. See arms, connection. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A receptacle used with a pestle] Syn. basin, pot, caldron; see bowl . 2. [A short barreled… …

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  • 6Gun — This article is about the projectile weapon. For other uses, see Gun (disambiguation). Smith Wesson Military and Police revolver …

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  • 7gun — Synonyms and related words: AA gun, Armstrong, BAR, BB gun, Benet Mercie, Beretta, Big Bertha, Bren, Bren gun, Browning, Cain, Colt, Garand, Garand rifle, Garling, Gatling, Gatling gun, Hotchkiss, Krupp, Lancaster, Lee Enfield, Lee Metford, Lewis …

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  • 8gun — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. firearm (see arms). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A cannon] Syn. piece, orDNAnce, heavy orDNAnce, rifle. Types of large guns include: long gun, siege gun, howitzer, mortar, antitank gun, culverin, field… …

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  • 9mortar — mor|tar [ˈmo:tə US ˈmo:rtər] n [Date: 1000 1100; : Old French; Origin: mortier, from Latin mortarium] 1.) [U] a mixture of ↑cement or ↑lime, and sand and water, used in building for holding bricks or stones together 2.) a heavy gun that fires… …

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  • 10gun — gun1 [ gʌn ] noun count *** 1. ) a weapon that shoots bullets, for example a pistol or a rifle. You load a gun with ammunition and pull the trigger to use it: Move! said Cardiff, waving the gun at them. She found herself looking down the barrel… …

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