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flare gun

firearm that launches flares
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flare gun

Summary

flare gun is a weapon type[1]. It draws 282 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #222 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • flare gun's image is recorded as 26.5mm Flare Gun.jpg[3].
  • flare gun's instance of is recorded as weapon type[4].
  • flare gun's subclass of is recorded as firearm[5].
  • flare gun's has use is recorded as shooting[6].
  • flare gun's Commons category is recorded as Flare guns[7].
  • flare gun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04vkyf[8].
  • flare gun's ammunition is recorded as flare[9].
  • flare gun's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Flare guns[10].
  • flare gun's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as signalpistol[11].
  • flare gun's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 141972094[12].
  • flare gun's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/FlareGun[13].
  • flare gun's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 11395[14].
  • flare gun's TOPCMB ID is recorded as pistola de sinalizacao[15].
  • flare gun's IMDb keyword is recorded as flare-gun[16].

Why It Matters

flare gun draws 282 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #222 of 694).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_flare-gun_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{flare gun}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/flare-gun}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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