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air gun

gun that uses compressed air to launch projectiles
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air gun

Summary

air gun is a weapon type[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,743 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • air gun's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • air gun is a type of pneumatic weapon[4].
  • air gun is used for 10 meter air rifle[5].
  • air gun's Commons category is recorded as Air guns[6].
  • air gun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Air guns[7].
  • air gun's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • air gun's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[9].
  • air gun's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[10].

Why It Matters

air gun ranks in the top 8% of weapon_type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,743 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → pneumatic weapon
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → weapon type
    Topic's main category → Category:Air guns
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26837, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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