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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
1866 1
Weapon Type or Class

Acoustic torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Aircraft carrier

Weapon Type or Class
4 entries

anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Anti-surface ship torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

armored warship

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Battlecruiser

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Battleship

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Close-in weapon system

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Deep-water anti-submarine naval mine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Destroyer

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Diesel-electric attack submarine class

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

electric torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Fast battleship

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Heavy cruiser

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Heavyweight dual-purpose ASW and ASuW torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
4 entries

heavyweight torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Lightweight anti-submarine torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

lightweight torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

naval anti-aircraft gun

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Naval gun

Weapon Type or Class
5 entries

naval minesweeping device

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

naval vessel

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN)

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Nuclear-powered fleet submarine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

self-propelled underwater explosive weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

supercavitating torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Torpedo

Weapon Type or Class
4 entries

U-boat

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Vertical launching system

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

warship

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Torpedo
WikipediaTorpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo section
Quote, Torpedo, Invention of the modern torpedo section
In 1866, Whitehead invented the first effective self-propelled torpedo, the eponymous Whitehead torpedo, the first modern torpedo.
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