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  2. 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.

  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. Grapple (tool) - Wikipedia

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    A grapple is a hook or claw used to catch or hold something. A ship's anchor is a type of grapple, especially the "grapnel" anchor.. A soldier loading a hook. A throwing grapple, kaginawa (or "grappling hook" ) is a multi-pronged hook that is tied to a rope and thrown/launched to catch a grip, as on a parapet or branch of a tree. [1]

  5. Kaginawa - Wikipedia

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    Antique Japanese iron kaginawa climbing hook. 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.

  6. Polearm - Wikipedia

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    The hook on weapons such as the halberd was used for pulling or grappling tactics, especially against horsemen. Because of their versatility, high effectiveness and low cost, there were many variants of polearm, which were much-used weapons on the battlefield.

  7. Claw of Archimedes - Wikipedia

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    The Claw of Archimedes (Ancient Greek: Ἁρπάγη, romanized: harpágē, lit. 'snatcher'; also known as the iron hand) was an ancient weapon devised by Archimedes to defend the seaward portion of Syracuse's city wall against amphibious assault.

  8. Rocket Jockey - Wikipedia

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    The grappling hook guns are fixed to shoot out horizontally, 45 degrees to the left and the right of the sled's direction of motion. The player can tap a key to connect the left grapple line to the right one and fly free, leaving a clothesline obstruction for others.

  9. KITT - Wikipedia

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    KITT's weapons include a grappling hook located in the front bumper, usable in normal and attack modes, two gatling-style guns that are retracted from the hood, a laser, and missile launchers usable only in attack mode, which were first used in "Knight of the Hunter".