Scorpion (disambiguation)

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A Scorpion is an eight-legged invertebrate animal belonging to the order Scorpiones. It may also refer to:

Contents 1 In general 2 In music 3 In the military 3.1 Units 3.2 Weapons 3.3 Vehicles 4 In Aerobatic 5 In comics 6 In games

[edit] In general

• Scorpius, an astronomical constellation and a sign of the zodiac
• Scorpion (computer), a Soviet clone of the ZX Spectrum computer
• Scorpions (South Africa), a South African government anti-corruption agency
• Akrabbim (Hebrew for Scorpion), a mountain in the Bible infested with scorpions
• King Scorpion (Serket), one or more Egyptian Pharaohs in the Protodynastic period
• Teddy Kollek's code name
• Scorpion Sports, a motorcycle helmet manufacturing company
• "Scorpion (Voyager episode)", a two-part episode of Star Trek: Voyager
• Scorpion (roller coaster), an attraction at Busch Gardens Africa in Florida
• Scorpion kick, a footballing move made famous by Columbian goalkeeper René Higuita
• Scorpion (novel), a novel authored by Andrew Kaplan, published in 1986
• Scorpion (horse), a thoroughbred racehorse
• Scorpion (CPU), a 1Ghz ARM CPU made by Qualcomm
• Scorpions, the book, by Walter Dean Myers
• Nepidae - an unrelated insect, commonly known as a "water scorpion"

[edit] In music

• Scorpions (band), a German hard rock/heavy metal band
• The Scorpions (Manchester band), a group from Manchester from the '60s
• The Scorpions (London band), an instrumental trio from London who recorded for Parlophone in 1961
• Scorpion (album), an album by rapper Eve
• "The Scorpion", a song from the Megadeth album The System Has Failed

[edit] In the military

[edit] Units

• Scorpions (Iraq), a paramilitary organization of Iraqi exiles funded by the CIA
• VAQ-132 The Scorpions, a United States Navy EA-6B Prowler Electronic Attack squadron based at NAS Whidbey Island, Washington
• Scorpions (former Yugoslavia), a paramilitary unit involved in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

[edit] Weapons

• Ballista, a Greco-Roman war machine also called a scorpion
• Scourge, a multi-tail whipping device, since Roman times also called scorpio or scorpion
• Škorpion vz. 61, a Czech submachine gun

[edit] Vehicles

• CSS Scorpion, a torpedo boat of the Confederate Navy
• HMS Scorpion, several ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Scorpion, several vessels of the United States Navy
• F-89 Scorpion, a U.S. jet fighter
• FV101 Scorpion, a British light tank
• Soviet submarine B-427, a Foxtrot-class Soviet submarine since renamed the Scorpion after decommissioning
• Scorpion (helicopter), a series of helicopters manufactured by RotorWay International

[edit] In Aerobatic

• Scorpion (aerobatic team), a Polish Air Forces Aerobatic demonstration team

[edit] In comics

• Scorpion (comics), a name used by multiple characters published by Marvel Comics including:
  • Mac Gargan, a Spider-Man supervillain
  • Carmilla Black, a heroine also known as The New Scorpion
• Scorpion (Atlas/Seaboard Comics), a short lived Atlas comics series in the 1970s

[edit] In games

• Scorpion, a vehicle from the video game series Halo
• Scorpion (Mortal Kombat), a character from the fighting game series Mortal Kombat
• Scorpion (Slam Masters), a wrestler from the video game Slam Masters
• Scorpion can refer to the following Contra characters:

The name given to the character Lance Bean in the American localizations of Contra and Super C for the Nintendo Entertainment System

A new character introduced with that name in Contra 4 for the Nintendo DS

• Scorpion (solitaire), a type of solitaire card game
• Scorpion Tank (Command & Conquer) refers to two vehicles: A light tank used by the GLA in Command & Conquer: Generals and a light tank used by Nod in Command & Conquer 3. Neither bears any resemblance to the real life Scorpion Tank
• Scorpion (Spaceships of EVE Online), a class of battleship from the game EVE Online
• A vehicle in the Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Tournament 3 computer games