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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

950 1

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30 mm revolver cannon

Weapon Type or Class

3D-printed single-shot handgun

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Adapted firing-port rifle

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Air gun

Weapon Type or Class

Anti-materiel rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Assault rifle

Weapon Type or Class

assault rifle (shortened M16 variant)

Weapon Type or Class

Assault rifle and submachine gun family

Weapon Type or Class

Assault rifle carbine variant

Weapon Type or Class

Assault rifle, carbine

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Automatic grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class

Automatic rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Automatic shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Battle rifle

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Battle rifle and light machine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Bayonet and multi-purpose knife

Weapon Type or Class

Bolt action rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Bolt action sniper rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Bolt-action anti-materiel rifle

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Bolt-action carbine

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Bolt-action pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Bolt-action rifle

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Bolt-action service rifle

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Bolt-action sniper rifle

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Bolt-action, en-bloc clip-fed repeating rifle

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bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle

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Bolt-action, magazine-fed service rifle

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Breech-loading rifle

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Breech-loading single-shot rifle

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Bullpup anti-materiel rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Bullpup assault rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Bullpup bolt-action sniper and anti-materiel rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Bullpup bolt-action sniper rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Bullpup combat shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Bullpup designated marksman rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Bullpup semi-automatic rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Carbine

Weapon Type or Class

Carbine / Shotgun Assault Weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Centerfire rifle cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Centerfire, rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

close-quarters-battle carbine

Weapon Type or Class

Combat knife

Weapon Type or Class

Combat shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

combination rifle and grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class

Designated marksman and sniper rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Designated marksman rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Designated marksman rifle, semi-automatic sniper rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Double action, single action semi-automatic pistol

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Double-action revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Fighting knife

Weapon Type or Class

Firearms cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

flintlock firearm

Weapon Type or Class

Flintlock muzzle-loading rifle (British service rifle)

Weapon Type or Class

Folding personal defense weapon

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Fully automatic combat shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

gas-operated assault rifle

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Grenade launcher

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Handgun

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Intermediate cartridge

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Kalashnikov rifle family (export series)

Weapon Type or Class

less-lethal projectile launcher

Weapon Type or Class

lever-action repeating rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Lever-action rifle

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Lever-action shotgun

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Machine pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Man-portable flamethrower

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Military precision rifle

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Modular assault rifle

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Modular striker-fired semi-automatic pistol

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multi-chamber firearm

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musket

Weapon Type or Class

Percussion revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Personal defense weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Personal defense weapon (PDW)

Weapon Type or Class

Pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Pistol cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Pistol-caliber carbine

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Pocket pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Pocket revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Prototype airbursting assault rifle

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Pump-action shotgun

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Recoilless rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Recoil-operated automatic revolver

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recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Repeating air rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Revolver family

Weapon Type or Class

Revolver grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class

Revolver shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Rifle cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Rifled musket

Weapon Type or Class

Rimless carbine/rifle cartridge

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Rimmed, large-bore revolver cartridge

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rocket-propelled flamethrower

Weapon Type or Class

Rocket-propelled grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class

roller-delayed blowback submachine gun

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Secret weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Selective-fire assault rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Self-defense keychain weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Self-extracting revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic anti-materiel precision rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic bullpup sniper rifle

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Semi-automatic carbine

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle

Weapon Type or Class

semi-automatic designated marksman rifle / sniper rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic handgun

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic pistol caliber carbine

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic pocket pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic sniper rifle, designated marksman rifle

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Semi-automatic sporting pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-rimmed, straight-walled centerfire pistol cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Service pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Service revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Service revolver (sidearm)

Weapon Type or Class

seven-shot, gas-seal revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Shoulder-fired recoilless rifle

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Silent pistol

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Single-action pistol

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Single-action revolver

Weapon Type or Class

single-shot breech-loading black-powder rifle

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Single-shot handgun

Weapon Type or Class

Single-shot service rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Single-shot, falling-block, breech-loading rifle

Weapon Type or Class

small arm

Weapon Type or Class

Small arms (rocket launcher)

Weapon Type or Class

Sniper rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Sniper rifle (family)

Weapon Type or Class

Spear

Weapon Type or Class

Sporting and target rifle

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straight-pull bolt-action rifle

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Striker-fired semi-automatic pistol

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Striker-fired subcompact semi-automatic pistol

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Submachine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Suppressed assault rifle

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Suppressed bolt-action pistol

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Suppressed rifle (carbine)

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Tactical folding knife

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Top-break revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Underbarrel shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Underwater assault rifle

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Underwater firearm

Weapon Type or Class

Volley gun

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Sources

1. Wikipedia: Firearm

WikipediaFirearm, History, Early firearm models section

Quote, Firearm, History, Early firearm models section

The first firearms originated in 10th-century Song dynasty China (see gunpowder weapons in the Song dynasty), when bamboo tubes containing gunpowder and pellet projectiles were mounted on spears to make the portable fire lance

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