Home›Early Modern›OperatorBrowse ByOperatorThis dimension names the armed force that actually operates a specific weapon system. Wikipedia notes that weapons are used to "gain a tactical, strategic, material, or mental advantage over an adversary or enemy target," an advantage that only exists once a force actually fields the weapon. Browsing this way collects every weapon system operated by the same force.FactsOperatorSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEraWell-attested1500 to 1774 1OperatorFilter Results19 entriesWeapon ClassAllChain / Flail Weapon (1)Club / Mace / Blunt Weapon (1)Grenade / Explosive Device (1)Machine Gun (1)Rifle (7)Small Arm (5)Sword / Polearm / Bladed (9)Warship / Naval Vessel (4)Weapon FamilyAllEarly Modern Daggers (3)Early Modern Grenades and Petards (1)Early Modern Martial Arts and Concealed Weapons (1)Early Modern Muskets (6)Early Modern Pistols and Short Firearms (4)Early Modern Polearms (1)Early Modern Sailing Warships (4)Early Modern Swords and Sabres (8)Surface-to-Air and Air Defense Missiles (1)Introduced EraAll1150 (1)1475 (1)1500 (1)1540 (1)1543 (1)1550 (4)1575 (1)1650 (1)1667 (2)1671 (1)1717 (3)1752 (2)ManufacturerAllBAe Dynamics (1)CaliberAll.69 caliber (4)Service StatusAllIn Service (1)Retired (14)Country of OriginAllIndia (1)Japan (1)Kingdom of France (3)Portugal (1)Spain (2)Wars Used InAllAmerican Civil War (4)Crimean War (1)Eighty Years' War (4)Falklands War (1)First Balkan War (1)Haitian Revolution (4)Imjin War (1)Korean War (3)Mexican-American War (2)Napoleonic Wars (5)Paraguayan War (1)Russo-Japanese War (1)Seven Years' War (4)War of 1812 (5)World War I (1)PersonnelAll63,500 (1)121,802 (1)264,000 (1)387,000 (1)481,000 (1)1,333,030 (1)StatusAllActive (8)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAustralian ArmyOperator1 entryBritish ArmyOperator4 entriesCanadian Armed ForcesOperator1 entryFrench Armed ForcesOperator2 entriesIndian NavyOperator1 entryMamluksOperator2 entriesMaratha ArmyOperator1 entryMexican Armed ForcesOperator2 entriesPeople's Liberation Army NavyOperator1 entryRoyal NavyOperator3 entriesRussian NavyOperator1 entrySamuraiOperator6 entriesSpanish Armed ForcesOperator1 entryTurkish Armed ForcesOperator1 entryUnion ArmyOperator1 entryUnited States Armed ForcesOperator3 entriesUnited States ArmyOperator1 entryUnited States Marine CorpsOperator1 entryUnited States NavyOperator1 entrySources1. War and Military Atlas Periodizationtier 1InteractiveAtlas owner ruling registerWar and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentenceBoundaries: 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).War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence, end-year clauseBoundaries: 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).Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.