Firearm
From Bourne Again
A firearm is a device that can be used as a weapon that fires either single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced through rapid, confined burning of a propellant. This process of rapid burning is technically known as deflagration.
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[edit] Types of Firearms
[edit] Handguns
The handgun is used widely by Jason Bourne and many other characters in the series. Most of them are chambered in 9mm. The handguns used in the Bourne series, as used by the assassins, CIA officers, and Bourne, can be customized with a stock, a grip, a suppressor, tactical light, laser sight, etc.
[edit] Known Handguns in the series
- Colt M1911
- Glock 17
- Beretta M9FS
- Heckler & Koch USP Compact Tactical
- Walther P99
- SIG-SAUER P226 Tactical
- Corsican General's Handgun
- SIG Pro
- Walther P5 Compact
- CZ 100
- Sig Sauer SP2009
[edit] Sniper Rifles
In military and law enforcement terminology, a sniper rifle is a rifle used to ensure accurate placement of shots at greater ranges than other small arms. A typical sniper rifle is built for optimal levels of accuracy, fitted with a telescopic sight and chambered for a military centrefire cartridge. The term is often used in the media to describe any type of accurized firearm fitted with a telescopic sight that is employed against human targets.
The military role of sniper (a term derived from the snipe, a bird which was difficult to hunt and shoot) dates back to the turn of the 18th century, but the sniper rifle itself is a much more recent development. Advances in technology, specifically that of telescopic sights and more accurate manufacturing, allowed armies to equip specially-trained soldiers with rifles that would enable them to deliver precise shots over greater distances than regular infantry weapons. The rifle itself could be a standard rifle (at first, a bolt-action rifle); however, when fitted with a telescopic sight, it would become a sniper rifle.
[edit] Known Sniper Rifles in the series
- Walther WA 2000
- SIG-552 Commando (Scoped)
- SIG-550 (Scoped)
[edit] Shotguns
A shotgun (also known as a fowling piece or scattergun) is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot or a solid projectile. Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes, ranging from 5.5 mm (.22 inch) bore up to 5 cm (2 inch) bore, and in a range of firearm operating mechanisms, including breech loading, double barreled shotguns, pump-action, bolt-action, lever-action, semi-automatic models, and even some fully-automatic variants.
[edit] Known Shotguns in the series
[edit] Submachine Guns
A submachine gun (SMG) is a firearm that combines the automatic fire of a machine gun with the cartridge of a pistol, and is usually between the two in weight and size. Submachine guns, like shotguns, are ideal for close-range combat in enclosed urban environments, where a weapon's range and accuracy are less important than the ability to easily obtain multiple strikes on a target. Pistol rounds are ideal for many law enforcement applications where noncombatants are present, since they are less likely to over-penetrate and hit unintended targets compared to most rifle cartridges.
[edit] Known SMGs in the series
[edit] Assault Rifles
An assault rifle is a selective fire rifle or carbine (not to be confused with a semi-automatic only replica) firing ammunition with muzzle energies intermediate between those typical of pistol and high-powered rifle ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between light machine guns, intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and submachine guns, which fire a handgun cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge. Assault rifles are the standard small arms in most modern armies, having largely replaced or supplemented larger, more powerful battle rifles, such as the World War II-era M1 Garand and Tokarev SVT. Examples of assault rifles include the AK-47, the M16 rifle,the FAMAS and the Steyr AUG. Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the AR-15, and "automatic" rifles limited to firing single shots, even though incorrectly classified in the United States as assault rifles by the now defunct 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire. Belt-fed weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not considered assault rifles.
