Handgun

Handguns are weapons designed to be fired with a single manipulator from a sophont.

• They are a type of weapon generally classified as a sidearm.

Description (Specifications)

Handguns are a class of sidearm whose accepted definition generally describes a sidearm of the slug-thrower KEW class that is fired with a single hand. Handguns are generally single-shot, repeating, or semi-automatic (self-loading) weapons, although a few weapons of pistol size and caliber in this category are capable of burst fire, and are sometimes informally known as Assault Pistols.

Selected Handguns

Non-Lethal:

1. 17mm Paint Pellet Gun

Early Black-Powder Propellant Handguns:

1. Muzzle-loading Pistol
2. Percussion Revolver

Semi-automatic self-loading Handgun:

1. Autopistol (Generic)
   1. II Enri Auto Pistol

Clandestine/Non-detectable Handguns:

1. Body Pistol (Generic)
2. Polymer One-shot Pistol

Electromagntic-propelled Coil/Rail Handgun:

1. Gauss Pistol (Generic)
   1. 4mm Gauss Pistol
   2. P-35 "Cobra" 5.5mm Gauss Pistol
   3. P35 Gauss Pistol
2. Magrail Pistol

Repeating Handguns:

1. Revolver (Generic)
   1. 5mm Revolver
   2. Magnum Revolver

Secondary Propellant & Special Ammo:

1. Rocket Pistol (Generic/Secondary Propellant)
   1. Gyrojet Pistol (Solid Fuel)
   2. Gyroc Pistol (Liquid Fuel)
2. Snub Gun (Generic/Special Ammo)
   1. Snub Revolver (SnR-8) (Repeating)
   2. Snub Pistol (SnP-8) (Semi-automatic/Basic)
   3. Snub Pistol (SnAP-10) (Semi-automatic/Burst)
      1. CP-03 class Pistol
   4. Combat Snub Pistol (SnAcP-13) (Secondary Propellant/Semi-automatic/Burst)
      1. cP003 class Pistol

Universal-user/configurable:

1. cP859(u-x) Staple Gun (Semi-automatic/Burst)

• The following weapons are not slug-throwers and thus not generally considered to fall into the general category of "handguns", but can nevertheless be carried as a sidearm and fired with one hand:

1. Disintegrator Pistol
2. Fusion Pistol
3. Plasma Pistol
4. Laser Pistol
5. Taser
6. ULF Pistol

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