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{{Short description|Detachable aircraft weapon mount}}
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[[file:B-25 Mitchell 50-calibre machine gun blister mounts.jpg|thumb|One of the first American attempts at a gun pod was the .50-[[caliber|calibre]] [[machine gun]] conformal-mount "blister" pod on the [[B-25 Mitchell]]]]

A '''gun pod''' is a detachable pod or pack containing [[machine gun]]s, [[autocannon]]s, [[revolver cannon]]s, or [[rotary cannon]]s and ancillaries, mounted externally on a [[vehicle]] such as a [[military aircraft]] which may or may not also have its own guns.