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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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1500 to 1774 1
Weapon Type or Class

Bladed firearm attachment (melee weapon)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Breaching explosive charge

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Cannon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Cavalry sword

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Chain Flail

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Chain Weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Claw dagger (knuckle-worn)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Concealed weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Curved sword (sabre)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Dagger

Weapon Type or Class
4 entries

Firearm

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Fist-load Weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Flintlock revolver

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Iron Truncheon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Light cannon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Long-barreled cannon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Machete

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Matched pair of swords (long and short)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Matchlock arquebus

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Matchlock long gun

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Medium-sized cannon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Melee weapon

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

Multi-decked sailing warship

Weapon Type or Class
2 entries

Musket

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Muzzleloading firearm

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Muzzle-loading firearm

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Naval sabre (boarding sword)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Obsidian-edged club-sword (macuahuitl)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

One-handed thrusting sword

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Pistol

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Pocket knife

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Polearm

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Sabre

Weapon Type or Class
3 entries

Short sword (samurai companion blade)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Sidearm Knife

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Siege mortar (heavy indirect-fire siege artillery)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Silver knife (norigae ornament)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

small explosive projectile

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Smallsword

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Smoothbore flintlock infantry musket

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Staff weapon

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Sword

Weapon Type or Class
7 entries

Two-handed sword (greatsword)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

type of warship (role and size vary by era)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry

Wheellock firearm (pistol)

Weapon Type or Class
1 entry
Sources
1. War and Military Atlas Periodization (Ruling 761)
InteractiveAtlas owner ruling register
  • War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence
    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).
  • War and Military DataBrief, SubLabel convention paragraph, boundaries sentence, end-year clause
    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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