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A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as afowlingpiece) is a firearm that is usually designed to be firedfrom theshoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire anumberof small spherical pellets called shot, or a solidprojectilecalled a slug. Shotguns come in a wide variety of sizes,rangingfrom 5.5 mm (.22 inch) bore up to 5 cm (2.0 in) bore, and inarange of firearm operating mechanisms, including breechloading,single-barreled, double or combination gun, pump-action,bolt-, andlever-action, semi-automatic, and even fully automaticvariants. Ashotgun is generally a smoothbore firearm, which meansthat theinside of the barrel is not rifled. Preceding smoothborefirearms,such as the musket, were widely used by armies in the 18thcentury.The direct ancestor to the shotgun, the blunderbuss, wasalso usedin a similar variety of roles from self-defense to riotcontrol. Itwas often used by cavalry troops because of itsgenerally shorterlength and ease of use, as well as by coachmen forits substantialpower. In the 19th century, however, these weaponswere largelyreplaced on the battlefield with breechloading rifledfirearms,which were more accurate over longer ranges. The militaryvalue ofshotguns was rediscovered in the First World War, whenAmericanforces used 12-gauge pump action shotguns in close-quarterstrenchfighting to great effect. Since then, it has been used in avarietyof roles in civilian, law enforcement, and militaryapplications.The shot pellets from a shotgun spread upon leavingthe barrel, andthe power of the burning charge is divided among thepellets, whichmeans that the energy of any one ball of shot isfairly low. In ahunting context, this makes shotguns usefulprimarily for huntingbirds and other small game. However, in amilitary or lawenforcement context, the large number of projectilesmakes theshotgun useful as a close quarters combat weapon or adefensiveweapon. Militants or insurgents may use shotguns inasymmetricengagements, as shotguns are commonly owned civilianweapons inmany countries. Shotguns are also used for targetshooting sportssuch as skeet, trap, and sporting clays. Theseinvolve shootingclay disks, known as clay pigeons, thrown invarious ways. SupportLanguage: ✔Deutsch ✔English ✔Español ✔français✔italiano ✔日本語✔polskipl ✔Português ✔українська

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