Gunner

Gunner may refer to:

Military

• Any individual operating an infantry support weapon, such as an artillery piece, anti-tank guided missile launcher or automatic grenade launcher
• Gunner (rank), a rank equivalent to private in the British Royal Artillery and other Commonwealth artillery corps
• A non-commissioned member of the British RAF Regiment
• An air gunner, a.k.a. aerial gunner is a member of an air force aircrew who operates flexible-mount or turret-mounted machine guns or autocannons in an aircraft
• A Chief Warrant Officer of the United States Marine Corps serving in the Military Occupation Specialty (MOS) 0306 (Infantry Weapons Officer)
• A sailor responsible for a ship's cannons, artillery, ammunition, and related equipment, or a naval officer responsible for training the crew in their use
• Formerly a gunnery Warrant Officer of the British Royal Navy or Royal Marines
• The Gunners, a nickname for the British Royal Artillery
• Gunner, nickname given to Indian Navy Gunnery Sailor or Gunnery Officer
• "Guns", nickname given to Gunnery officer of a ship in the British Commonwealth tradition

Sports

• The Gunners, a nickname for Arsenal F.C., a London football club
• Woodsball gunner, a specialist in paintball (particularly Woodsball), who uses a paintball marker with a high rate of fire
• Gunner (American football), an American football player who specializes in quickly running down the field to tackle a kick returner during kickoffs and punts
• "The Gunner", nickname given to former Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Bob Prince
• Gunners F.C., a Zimbabwean football club
• Gunner (Chad Lail), professional wrestler also known as Phill Shatter
• Gunner Scott, professional wrestler also known as Brent Albright

Other

• Gunner (cocktail), a cocktail particularly drank in the Far East
• Gunner (student) is an often used slang term in medical school or law school to describe a hyper-competitive student
• Gunner (dog), a canine air-raid early warning system during the bombing of Darwin in WWII
• Gunner Palace, a 2005 documentary film about American troops in Iraq
• Gunner nickname for Guns N' Roses fans
• Gunner (character class), a character class in some Final Fantasy games
• A character in the webcomic 'Zap!', written by Chris Layfield and drawn by Pascalle Lepas

See also

• Gunnar
• Gunman (disambiguation)