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That depends. Rifle, shotgun, pistol, cannon, pellet gun, or airsoft? The 16" guns on a battleship can fire a one ton shell about 26 miles, but they are not "on the market". For rifles, the .50 BMG is close to the upper limit. Shotguns- the 10 g 3.5" magnum, and handgun is a tossup- .500 S&W being in the upper ranks, although there are many handguns in rifle calibers (even one in .600 Nitro Express, and one in .50 BMG)
For rifles, it's probablly the Russian PTRS anti-tank rifle. The 14.5 x 114mm cartridge fires a 65.5 gram bullet at 3200 feet per second- far more energcy than the .50 Barrett, or elephant guns such as the .600 Nitro Express or .460 Weatherby magnum.
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∙ 14y ago"Gun" has various meanings. Artillery pieces are referred to as "guns", as are battleship deck guns.
As far as individual, man portable weapons go, which are intended to be operated by one person, the Croatian RT-20 and South African Denel NTW-20x110 would be your likely answers. Both are anti-materiel sniping weapons designed to fire a 20x110mm cartridge developed for the Hispano-Suiza antiaircraft cannons.
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Most powerful hand gun in the world?
Factory, I'd probably say the 500 Magnum
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Worlds most powerful destroyer?
The worlds most powerful destroyer is the Sejong the Great class destroyer. These ships are operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. There are three in the current fleet with each having a capacity for 400 crew members. The weapons each ship is equipped with are 16 anti-ship missiles, 6 torpedoes, 3 cruise missiles, helicopters and a 1.5 inch naval gun.
The most powerful ship in the US Navy was the?
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Most powerful hand gun in the world?
Factory, I'd probably say the 500 Magnum
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What was the most powerful gun during world war 2 and who made the decision to use it?
50 cal. machine gun. i don't know who decided to use it.
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577 T Rex
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star cannon
Most powerful gun?
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light machine gun is the m249 a medium machine gun is the m240 and the heavy machine gun is the browning m2 50. cal machine gun
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10 gauge shotgun
