Gas gun
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A gas gun can be:
- A projectile-firing gun powered by compressed air:
- A riot gun, especially when loaded with CS gas grenades.
- A pneumatic cannon for projectile-firing test equipment such as a birdstrike simulator
- A gun that fires a stream of gas. This can be for these purposes among others:-
- The generate a loud noise as a bird scarer
- Poisonous gas, for close-up silent assassination
- For propulsion in space: see Manned Maneuvering Unit#NASA "gas gun"
- Light gas gun, a velocity generating device used in physics experiments.