An iron shaft with claws at one end, usually thrown by a rope and used for grasping and holding, especially one for drawing and holding an enemy ship alongside. Also called grapnel, grappling, grappling hook, grappling iron.
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Though normally not an offensive weapon, the Dark Knight’s wall-penetrating grapnel is still an indispensable addition to his arsenal. A magazine of explosively-propelled darts attach to de-cel jumpline reels secured with breaking and clipping mechanisms inside the grapple gun sleeve.
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-Grapnel: Fires a hook that snaps open after firing and clamps shut once the button at its joint hits its target. -Wall-Penetrating Grappel: Fires diamond-bit piercing darts that can attach to up to Rm materials.
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These days Batman carries a handheld wall-penetrating grapnel gun that fires darts connected to carabiner-attached de-cel jumplines, climbing ropes that slow the Dark Knight’s descent the farther he descends.
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A rigid grapnel hook projectile cannot be retrieved and no trip wire land ... so that the wall thickness is reduced along the central cylindrical portion. ... steel anvil to stop the core from penetrating through the projectile body. ...
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Removing the wall-penetrating grapnel from his belt Batman aimed it skyward and fired it into the roof of the building The Shadow was on. Once the grapnel connected he retracted the cord lifting his body into the air towards the roof.
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With a low “twipping” sound, a thin, strong wire was propelled from the grapnel with a sharp, wall-penetrating dart attached to the end of it. The wire shot unerringly through the night sky and adhered securely to the cornice of a building farther up Ninth Avenue.
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