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This dimension sorts weapon systems by their basic class, a firearm, a tank, a missile or a biological weapon. Wikipedia notes that weapons range "from simple implements such as clubs and swords to complicated modern firearms, tanks, missiles and biological weapons." Browsing by weapon class keeps weapon systems of the same kind grouped together.

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Era of Emergence
725 1
Weapon Type or Class

40mm automatic grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

40mm grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Air-dropped area denial mine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Anti-personnel land mine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Anti-personnel mine

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

Anti-personnel munitions system

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Anti-vehicle smart ground munition

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Area denial obstacle

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Automatic grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
6 entries

Bomb

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Booby trap

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Booby trap gun

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Booby-trapped stake

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Bounding anti-personnel mine

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Bullpup grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

demolition charge

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Device

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Direct-fire grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Directional anti-personnel mine

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

Disposable rocket-propelled grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Disposable shoulder-fired rocket launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Double-barreled grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Earthquake bomb

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Explosive booby trap

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Explosive charge

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Explosive ordnance disposal and demolition charge

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Explosive weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

fragmentation hand grenade

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

grenade or explosive ordnance

Weapon Type or Class
7 entries

Hand grenade

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

improvised incendiary weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Incendiary device

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Incendiary mixture

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Landmine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

magnetic anti-tank grenade

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Man-portable flamethrower

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Man-portable flamethrower (Flammenwerfer)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Man-portable thermobaric rocket weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Mechanical trap device

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Mine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Naval influence mine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Non-lethal crowd control munition

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Nuclear bomb design

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Nuclear demolition weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Portable anti-tank rocket launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Pump-action grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

Rocket-propelled explosive device

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Rocket-propelled grenade

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Rocket-propelled grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

self-contained explosive weapon placed in water

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Under-barrel grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Grenade
WikipediaGrenade, Pre-gunpowder section
Quote, Grenade, Pre-gunpowder section
Rudimentary incendiary grenades appeared in the Byzantine Empire, not long after the reign of Leo III (717-741).
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