GunFrom Wikipedia the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Guns)This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedias quality standardsPlease improve this article if you can (April 2008)This article is about the projectile weapon For other uses see Gun (disambiguation)A gun is a particular weapon that propels projectiles The projectile is generally fired through a hollow tube known as the guns barrel The barrels diameter or caliber determines the size of projectile used which is usually designated in fractions of an inch or in millimeters Differing from the musket most modern guns are rifled with a series of grooves spiraling along the barrel exceptions include smoothbores on tanks AFVs and some artilleryUSS Iowa (BB61) fires a full broadside during a target exercise near Vieques Island Puerto Rico 1 July 1984
