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  2. BFG (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    The BFG ("Big Fucking Gun") [1] is a fictional weapon found in many video games, mostly in id Software-developed series' such as Doom and Quake. The abbreviation BFG stands for "Big Fucking Gun" as described in Tom Hall 's original Doom design document and in the user manual of Doom II: Hell on Earth .

  3. Gravity gun - Wikipedia

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    A gravity gun as featured in Half-Life 2 and its Episodes. A gravity gun is a type of device in video games, particularly first-person shooters using physics engines, whereby players can directly manipulate objects in the world, often allowing them to be used as projectiles against hostile characters.

  4. Tactical nuclear weapon - Wikipedia

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    Tactical nuclear weapons include gravity bombs, short-range missiles, artillery shells, land mines, depth charges, and torpedoes which are equipped with nuclear warheads. Also in this category are nuclear armed ground-based or shipborne surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and air-to-air missiles.

  5. List of U.S. aircraft gun pods - Wikipedia

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    "Package gun" installations on US medium and light bombers, such as the B-25 Mitchell and A-26 Invader, were likely the first pods used by the United States military. One of its primary tasks was to suppress ground defenses during attack runs while conducting maritime interdiction, and the extra armament provided additional firepower.

  6. List of technology in the Dune universe - Wikipedia

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    A lasgun (pronounced / ˈ l eɪ z ɡ ʌ n /) is a fictional directed-energy weapon, specifically a laser gun, in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. In Terminology of the Imperium, the glossary of the 1965 novel Dune, Herbert provides the following definition: LASGUN: continuous-wave laser projector.

  7. External ballistics - Wikipedia

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    When in flight, the main or major forces acting on the projectile are gravity, drag, and if present, wind; if in powered flight, thrust; and if guided, the forces imparted by the control surfaces. In small arms external ballistics applications, gravity imparts a downward acceleration on the projectile, causing it to drop from the line-of-sight.

  8. Yichun, Jiangxi - Wikipedia

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    Yichun (Chinese: 宜春; pinyin: Yíchūn; Wade–Giles: I 2-ch'un 1; postal: Ichun) is a mountainous prefecture-level city in the western/northwestern Jiangxi Province, China, bordering Hunan province to the west. It is located in the northwest of the province along a river surrounded by mountains.

  9. Burst mode (weapons) - Wikipedia

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    The firing selector of the SIG SG 550 allows for three-round bursts. In automatic firearms, burst mode or burst-fire is a firing mode enabling the shooter to fire a predetermined number of rounds, usually two or three rounds on hand held weapons [1] [2] to fifty or more rounds on autocannons, [3] with a single pull of the trigger.