Gunner
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Military

  • Any individual operating an infantry support weapon, such as an artillery piece, anti-tank guided missile launcher or automatic grenade launcher
  • Gunner (rank)
    Gunner (rank)
    Gunner is a rank equivalent to Private in the British Army Royal Artillery and the artillery corps of other Commonwealth armies. The next highest rank is usually Lance-Bombardier, although in the Royal Canadian Artillery it is Bombardier....

    , a rank equivalent to private in the British Royal Artillery and other Commonwealth artillery corps
  • A non-commissioned member of the British RAF Regiment
    RAF Regiment
    The Royal Air Force Regiment is a specialist airfield defence corps founded by Royal Warrant in 1942. After a 32 week trainee gunner course, its members are trained and equipped to prevent a successful enemy attack in the first instance; minimise the damage caused by a successful attack; and...

  • An air gunner
    Air gunner
    An air gunner a.k.a. aerial gunner is a member of an air force aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft...

    , a.k.a. aerial gunner is a member of an air force aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft
  • A Chief Warrant Officer of the United States Marine Corps serving in the Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) 0306 (Infantry Weapons Officer
    Infantry Weapons Officer
    The United States Marine Corps MOS 0306, Infantry Weapons Officers, or Marine Gunners, are Chief Warrant Officers that are technical weapons specialists and are knowledgeable in the tactical employment of all the weaponry in Marine Corps arsenal; all weapons organic to the Marine infantry...

    )
  • A sailor
    Sailor
    A sailor, mariner, or seaman is a person who navigates water-borne vessels or assists in their operation, maintenance, or service. The term can apply to professional mariners, military personnel, and recreational sailors as well as a plethora of other uses...

     responsible for a ship's cannons, artillery, ammunition, and related equipment, or a naval officer responsible for training the crew in their use
  • Formerly a gunnery Warrant Officer
    Warrant Officer
    A warrant officer is an officer in a military organization who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer who is designated an officer by a commission, or from non-commissioned officer who is designated an officer by virtue of seniority.The rank was first...

     of the British Royal Navy or Royal Marines
  • The Gunners, a nickname for the British Royal Artillery
    Royal Artillery
    The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...

  • Gunner, nickname given to Indian Navy Gunnery Sailor or Gunnery Officer
  • "Guns", nickname given to Gunnery officer of a ship in the British Commonwealth tradition

Sports

  • The Gunners, a nickname for Arsenal F.C.
    Arsenal F.C.
    Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

    , a London football club
  • Woodsball gunner, a specialist in paintball (particularly Woodsball
    Woodsball
    Woodsball is a format of paintball gaming, in which players compete in a natural outdoors area using paintball markers to tag opponents....

    ), who uses a paintball marker
    Paintball marker
    A paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, is the main piece of equipment in the sport of paintball. Markers use an expanding gas, such as carbon dioxide or compressed air, to propel paintballs through the barrel. Some paintball players refer to the piece of equipment as a "marker" rather...

     with a high rate of fire
  • Gunner (American football)
    Gunner (American football)
    In American football, a gunner, also known as a shooter or kamikaze, is a player on kickoffs and punts who specializes in running down the sideline very quickly in an attempt to tackle the kick returner or the punt returner...

    , an American football player who specializes in quickly running down the field to tackle a kick returner during kickoffs and punts
  • "The Gunner", nickname given to former Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Bob Prince
    Bob Prince
    Robert Ferris Prince was an American radio and television sportscaster and commentator best known for his 28-year stint as the voice of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club, with whom he earned the nickname “The Gunner” and became a cultural icon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Prince was...

  • Gunners F.C.
    Gunners F.C.
    Gunners Football Club is a Zimbabwean football club based in Harare.-External links:Logo: http://img109.imageshack.us/i/logopq.png/...

    , a Zimbabwean football club
  • Gunner, professional wrestler also known as Phill Shatter
    Phill Shatter
    Chad Lail is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling promotion, where he performs under the ring name Gunner. In TNA, Lail is a member of the Immortal stable and a former one-time TNA Television Champion...


Other

  • Gunner (cocktail)
    Gunner (cocktail)
    A gunner is a cocktail that is drunk particularly by British expats in Hong Kong and other parts of the Far East and India. It consists of equal parts lemonade or ginger beer and ginger ale with a measure of lime cordial and a dash of Angostura bitters. It is regarded as a non-alcoholic drink,...

    , a cocktail particularly drunk in the Far East
  • Gunner (student) is an often used slang term in medical school or law school to describe a hyper-competitive student
  • Gunner (dog)
    Gunner (dog)
    Gunner was a stray male kelpie who became notable for his reliability to accurately alert allied airforce personnel that Japanese aircraft were approaching Darwin during World War II.-Career:...

    , a canine air-raid early warning system during the bombing of Darwin in WWII
  • Gunner Palace
    Gunner Palace
    Gunner Palace is a 2004 documentary film by American documentary filmmaker Michael Tucker, which had a limited release in the United States on March 4, 2005. The film was an account of the complex realities of the situation in Iraq during 2003–2004 amidst the Iraqi insurgency not seen on the...

    , a 2005 documentary film about American troops in Iraq
  • Gunner nickname for Guns N' Roses
    Guns N' Roses
    Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...

     fans
  • Gunner (character class), a character class in some Final Fantasy games
  • A character in the webcomic 'Zap!
    Zap! (webcomic)
    Zap!, often erroneously referred to as Zap in Space, is a sci-fi webcomic currently hosted on Keenspot. The series began on 2003-07-13. At first it updated twice or sometimes three times a week. Somewhere around February 2007 it switched to updating once a week, every Monday. This seems to...

    ', written by Chris Layfield and drawn by Pascalle Lepas
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