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What (who) is quick-firing gun - definition
Quick-firing gun
![[[Woodcut]] depicting [[Royal Navy]] gunners in action with the [[1-inch Nordenfelt gun]], the first practical QF gun](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1-InchNordenfelt4BarrelGunNavalActionDrawing.jpg?width=200 "[[Woodcut]] depicting [[Royal Navy]] gunners in action with the [[1-inch Nordenfelt gun]], the first practical QF gun")
![[[Royal Navy]] deck mounting of the [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss]], the first modern QF gun, 1915](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/QF3pdrHotchkissRN1915.jpeg?width=200 "[[Royal Navy]] deck mounting of the [[QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss]], the first modern QF gun, 1915")
![Quick-firing 4.7-inch gun]] on "[[Percy Scott]]" carriage at the [[Battle of Colenso]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/QF 4.7 inch gun Colenso.jpg?width=200 "Quick-firing 4.7-inch gun]] on \"[[Percy Scott]]\" carriage at the [[Battle of Colenso]]")
ARTILLERY CLASS CAPABLE OF A HIGH RATE OF FIRE FOR ITS GIVEN CALIBER
Quick firing gun; Quick fire gun; Quick-firing battery; Quick firing guns
A quick-firing or rapid-firing gun is an artillery piece, typically a gun or howitzer, which has several characteristics which taken together mean the weapon can fire at a fast rate. Quick-firing was introduced worldwide in the 1880s and 1890s and had a marked impact on war both on land and at sea.
My Gun Is Quick
![First edition<br>(publ. [[E.P. Dutton]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MyGunIsQuick.jpg?width=200 "First edition<br>(publ. [[E.P. Dutton]])")
NOVEL BY MICKEY SPILLANE
My Gun is Quick
My Gun Is Quick (1950) is Mickey Spillane's second novel featuring private investigator Mike Hammer. It was the basis for the 1957 film of the same name.
firing squad
![executed by shooting]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andriza Mircovich NSP mug shot.png?width=200 "executed by shooting]].")
![Austro-Hungarian]] firing squad in World War I.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Austrians executing Serbs 1917.JPG?width=200 "Austro-Hungarian]] firing squad in World War I.")
![A communist insurgent is blindfolded and executed by firing squad, [[Cuba]] 1956.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BatistaFireSquad.jpg?width=200 "A communist insurgent is blindfolded and executed by firing squad, [[Cuba]] 1956.")
![''Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico'', by [[Édouard Manet]], 1868.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edouard Manet 022.jpg?width=200 "''Execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico'', by [[Édouard Manet]], 1868.")
![the Madrid rebels]] by a French firing squad on ''[[the Third of May 1808]]'', as painted by [[Francisco Goya]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El Tres de Mayo, by Francisco de Goya, from Prado thin black margin.jpg?width=200 "the Madrid rebels]] by a French firing squad on ''[[the Third of May 1808]]'', as painted by [[Francisco Goya]].")
![Execution at [[Verdun]] at the time of the [[French Army Mutinies]] of 1917.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Execution lors de la Première Guerre mondiale.jpg?width=200 "Execution at [[Verdun]] at the time of the [[French Army Mutinies]] of 1917.")
![The execution of [[Jose Rizal]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fusilamiento de rizal.jpg?width=200 "The execution of [[Jose Rizal]].")
![Execution by [[Austria-Hungary]] of Czech leaders of a [[mutiny]] against their superior officers, 1918.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poprava vůdců rumburské vzpoury 1918.jpg?width=200 "Execution by [[Austria-Hungary]] of Czech leaders of a [[mutiny]] against their superior officers, 1918.")
![Red Guard]] members in front of a firing squad in [[Varkaus]] after the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rättvisa skipas.jpg?width=200 "Red Guard]] members in front of a firing squad in [[Varkaus]] after the 1918 [[Finnish Civil War]]")
![Finnish]] firing squad during the [[Continuation War]], 1941–1944.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Same Soviet Infiltrator facing firing squad.jpeg?width=200 "Finnish]] firing squad during the [[Continuation War]], 1941–1944.")
![Mass execution of 56 Polish citizens in [[Bochnia]], near [[Kraków]], following the [[Nazi invasion of Poland]], December 18, 1939.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Bochnia massacre German-occupied Poland 1939.jpg?width=200 "Mass execution of 56 Polish citizens in [[Bochnia]], near [[Kraków]], following the [[Nazi invasion of Poland]], December 18, 1939.")
METHOD OF EXECUTION BY MULTIPLE SHOOTERS FIRING RIFLES SIMULTANEOUSLY ON COMMAND
Firing squad; Death by firing squad; Execution by firing squad in the United Kingdom; Executed by firing squad; Firing Squad; Shot at dawn; Utah firing squad; Oklahoma firing squad; Idaho firing squad; Firing-squad; Death by arrow; Execution squad; Firing party; Firing squads
(firing squads)
A firing squad is a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill a person who has been found guilty of committing a crime.
He was executing by firing squad.
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