Cobra (disambiguation)

A cobra is any of several species of snake usually belonging to the family Elapidae.

Cobra or COBRA may also refer to:

Fictional entities

 * Cobra (G.I. Joe), the enemy faction in the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy line and its related media
 * Cobra (Marvel Comics), various Marvel Comics characters
 * Cobra Unit, in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
 * Professor Cobra, a villain and member of the Martian Empire in the third season of Yu-Gi-Oh GX
 * Cobra, a fictional engineered virus in Richard Preston's novel The Cobra Event
 * Cobra MkIV, a heavier multipurpose ship from the Elite Dangerous universe
 * Cobra, a supervillain and assassin in the comic book series Haunt
 * Cobra Bubbles, a social worker and former CIA agent from Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise

Film and television

 * Cobra (1925 film), an American silent film
 * Cobra (1986 film), an American action film
 * Cobra (1991 film), a Pakistani film
 * Cobra (2012 film), an Indian Malayalam-language film
 * Cobra (2022 film), an Indian Tamil-language film
 * The Cobra (film), a 1967 Italian film
 * Cobra (American TV series), a 1993–1994 American action television series
 * COBRA (British TV series), a 2020-2023 British political thriller television series
 * Cobra Video, an American gay pornographic studio
 * Space Adventure Cobra: The Movie or Cobra, based on the manga of the same name

Literature

 * Cobra, a 1972 novel by Cuban author Severo Sarduy
 * Cobra (manga), a 1978 manga by Buichi Terasawa
 * COBRA (Timothy Zahn novel series), a novel series by Timothy Zahn and the first (1985) novel in the series
 * The Cobra (novel), a 2010 thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth

Music

 * Cobra (American band), a 1980s hard rock band
 * Cobra (Chinese band), a Chinese all-female rock band
 * Cobra (Japanese band), a Japanese punk band
 * The Cobras, an American band in the late 1970s which featured Stevie Ray Vaughan
 * Cobra (album), a 1987 album by John Zorn
 * Cobra (Zorn), a musical composition by John Zorn
 * "C.O.B.R.A." (Marie-Mai song)
 * "Cobra" (Megan Thee Stallion song), 2023
 * "Cobra", a 2004 song by the band Winnebago Deal
 * "Cobra" (composition), a 2011 instrumental composition by Hardwell
 * Cobra Records, an independent record label (1956–1959)

Roller coasters

 * Cobra (La Ronde), Canada
 * Cobra (Tivoli Friheden), Denmark
 * Cobra, a Gerstlauer Bobsled Coaster at Paultons Park, Hampshire, England
 * Cobra (PowerPark), Finland
 * Cobra, a roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, California, United States

Other arts and entertainment

 * COBRA (art movement), active from 1948 to 1951

Government and police

 * Coastal Barrier Resources Act, a U.S. act of 1982
 * Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms, used by UK government crisis response committees for meetings
 * Cobras (Serbia), a Serbian military police unit
 * Commando Battalion for Resolute Action, an Indian paramilitary unit
 * Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, a US federal statute, or health insurance provided under the act
 * EKO Cobra, an Austrian counter-terror police squad
 * Zulaiê Cobra (born 1943), Brazilian politician

Places

 * Cobra Station, a sheep station in Western Australia
 * Ilha das Cobras, an island in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Products and companies

 * Cobra Beer, produced in the UK
 * Cobra Golf, a brand of golf clubs and outdoor equipment
 * The Cobra Group, a marketing company
 * Cobra Energy Drink, an energy drink produced by Philippines-based Asia Brewery

Automobiles

 * AC Cobra, a British sports car built in the 1960s, known in the US as Ford/Shelby Cobra
 * Ford Falcon Cobra, a limited edition of the Ford Falcon
 * Ford Mustang SVT Cobra, a sports car built by Ford between 1993 and 2004
 * Ford Shelby Cobra Concept, a 2004 Ford concept car based on the 1960s Cobra
 * Cobra, a 1960s Ford Shelby Mustang variant
 * Torino Cobra, a 1968–1971 model of the Ford Torino

Military

 * COBRA (radar), a counter-battery radar system
 * Cobra BMT-2 APC, an Iranian armored personnel carrier
 * ACEC Cobra, a Belgian Army armored personnel carrier
 * Bell AH-1 Cobra, a US Army attack helicopter
 * HMS Cobra (1899), a British Royal Navy destroyer
 * Otokar Cobra, a Turkish light armoured vehicle
 * Northrop YF-17, a fighter aircraft prototype nicknamed Cobra
 * USS Cobra (SP-626), a US Navy patrol boat

Other vehicles

 * Bombardier Cobra, in Zürich, Switzerland
 * Evektor VUT100 Cobra, a Czech light aircraft

Weapons

 * Cobra (missile), a Swiss/German anti-tank missile
 * Colt Cobra, a line of small-caliber revolvers

Other science and technology

 * Cobra (programming language), a computer programming language
 * Cobra ciphers, a series of block ciphers in cryptography
 * COBRA rocket engine, proposed by Pratt & Whitney-Aerojet for the US Space Launch Initiative
 * CobraNet, a proprietary system for transmitting digital audio over Ethernet
 * COBRAcable, a submarine power cable under construction between the Netherlands and Denmark
 * Combined bisulfite restriction analysis, a molecular biology technique
 * Ericofon, or Cobra Phone, a landmark of 20th century industrial design
 * Novell "Cobra", codename for Novell NetWare 5.1
 * CoBra, an automobile engine made by Crosley
 * Cobra, a ZX Spectrum clone built in Braşov, Romania; see List of ZX Spectrum clones
 * Cobra, a processor in the IBM RS64 line of CPUs

Teams and clubs

 * Adelaide Cobras FC, an Australian soccer club
 * Bangkok Cobras, an Asean Basketball League team
 * Cape Cobras, a cricket team based in Cape Town, South Africa
 * Carolina Cobras, a former Arena Football team (2000–2004)
 * Charlotte Cobras, a Major Indoor Lacrosse League team in 1996
 * Chicago Cobras, a former American women's soccer club (2003–2004)
 * Cleveland Cobras, an American soccer club
 * Cobra Sport, a South Sudanese basketball team
 * Cobras de Ciudad Juárez, a Mexican football club
 * COBRA Rugby Club of Malaysia
 * Lapua Cobras, a Finnish basketball team
 * Nordsjælland Cobras, a Danish ice hockey team
 * SWU Cobras, the sports teams of Southwestern University of Cebu City, Philippines
 * Terrebonne Cobras, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team

People

 * Jeff Farmer (wrestler) (born 1962), American professional wrestler
 * Carl Froch (born 1977), boxing world champion
 * Juan José Muñante (1948–2019), soccer player
 * Dave Parker (born 1951), former Major League Baseball player
 * Gary Simmons (ice hockey) (born 1944), NHL goaltender
 * George Takano (born 1958), Japanese professional wrestler
 * Mad Cobra (born 1968), or simply Cobra, stage name of Jamaican musician Ewart Everton Brown
 * Michael Willson, a.k.a. Cobra, from the TV show Gladiators

Other sport and fitness

 * Bhujangasana, a yoga posture known as Cobra Pose
 * The Cobra, a wrestling move used by Santino Marella (born 1979)

Other uses

 * Cobra: Game of the Normandy Breakout, a 1977 board wargame about the Battle of Normandy during World War II
 * COBRA (consumer theory) (consumer's online brand related activities)
 * Cobra maneuver, an aerobatics maneuver
 * Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), a computer communications standard
 * Operation Cobra, a 1944 World War II battle
 * Robert Hatem (b. c. 1956), Lebanese former bodyguard and non-fiction writer also known by his codename, Cobra
 * Typhoon Cobra, a Pacific storm