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  2. Batman's utility belt - Wikipedia

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    A rifle-like grappling gun first appeared in Frank Miller's Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1. However, the now standard hand-held version of Batman's grappling gun first appeared in the 1989 Batman film. It gradually replaced the batarang and a rope in the comics after artist Norm Breyfogle introduced a grapple gun in Batman #458 in

  3. List of James Bond gadgets - Wikipedia

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    Wristband grappling hook A wristband that shoots a grappling hook that Wai Lin uses to escape a building in the beginning Earring lock pick At least one of Wai Lin's earrings conceals a lock pick, which she uses to escape from a pair of handcuffs. Sea-Vac drill Used by Elliot Carver to destroy anything in his path—And Bond uses it to kill him.

  4. KITT - Wikipedia

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    The grappling hook is first used in Episode 6, "Not a Drop to Drink"; the winch is first used in Episode 13, "Forget Me Not". Under the front bumper, there is an induction coil that can extend, and when it touches a metal object, KITT can remotely induce electrical voltage or current in that object.

  5. Grappling hook - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook A chain grapnel – used to recover a cable from the seabed. A grappling hook or grapnel is a device that typically has multiple hooks (known as claws or flukes) attached to a rope or cable; it is thrown, dropped, sunk, projected, or fastened directly by hand to where at least one hook may catch and hold on to objects.

  6. Kaginawa - Wikipedia

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    Kaginawa (鈎縄 or 鉤縄, lit. "hook-rope" [1]) is a type of grappling hook used as a tool in feudal Japan by the samurai class, their retainers, foot soldiers and reportedly by ninja. Kaginawa have several configurations, from one to four hooks.

  7. List of disappearing gun installations - Wikipedia

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    Fort Mott, New Jersey, Harbor Defenses of the Delaware, defense of Philadelphia, had three 12-inch disappearing guns by about 1901, [10] and also three 10-inch guns added to the battery by 1903. [11] Battery Potter, Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, New Jersey. This is the only remaining steam hydraulic (gun lift) battery. Fort Casey, Washington.

  8. Wheellock - Wikipedia

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    The wheellock works by spinning a spring-loaded steel wheel against a piece of pyrite to generate intense sparks, which ignite gunpowder in a pan, which flashes through a small touchhole to ignite the main charge in the firearm's barrel. The pyrite is clamped in vise jaws on a spring-loaded arm (or 'dog'), which rests on the pan cover. When the ...

  9. Break action - Wikipedia

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    Close-up of an IOF 32 break-action revolver. The first break-action revolver was patented in France and Britain at the end of December in 1858 by Devisme. [1] A substantial hinge pin joins the two parts of the rifle or shotgun; the stock with its firing mechanism and the fore-piece and barrel, which hold the round to be fired.