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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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Weapon Type or Class

Agricultural hand tool

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Ancient oared warship (galley)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Animal-mounted shock weapon (war elephant)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Area denial weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Axe

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Bow

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Cavalry lance

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Club

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

Curved single-edged sword

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Curved-blade polearm

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Dagger

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

Defensive obstacle

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Double-edged dagger, standard Roman legionary sidearm

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Double-edged Iron Age shortsword

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Double-edged straight sword (jian)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Flail and chain weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Hand-held crossbow

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Hand-held projectile sling

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Hand-held spear-thrower using leverage to launch a dart

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Heavy oared warship with double-banked rowers (quinquereme)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Hoplite thrusting spear (polearm)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Incendiary Javelin

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

javelin

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Mace

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

naval boarding device

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Pike (polearm)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Polearm

Weapon Type or Class
5 entries

Recurve composite bow (horse archery)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Repeating ballista (torsion siege artillery)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Ship-borne siege ladder (naval boarding engine)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Sickle-sword

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Siege engine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

siege ladder

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Siege Weapon

Weapon Type or Class
4 entries

Single-edged forward-curving sword

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Spear

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Spear Thrower

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Staff Weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Sword

Weapon Type or Class
5 entries

Throwing dart

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Throwing knife

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Throwing tool

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Thrusting spear

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Torsion siege artillery

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Torsion siege engine (catapult)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Torsion siege engine (portable ballista)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Torsion-powered siege engine

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Two-wheeled horse-drawn war vehicle (chariot)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Wheeled siege tower

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry
Sources
1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)
InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence
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Boundaries: Ancient below 500 CE, Medieval 500 to 1499, Early Modern 1500 to 1774, Modern 1775 onward (the 1775 cutover, not the round year 1800, matches the American Revolutionary War already being tagged Modern in the live data).
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