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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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Earliest Era Represented

Ancient 1

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152.4mm self-propelled howitzer

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155 mm field gun (heavy towed field gun, nicknamed Long Tom)

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30 mm revolver cannon

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3D-printed single-shot handgun

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40mm automatic grenade launcher

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40mm grenade launcher

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82mm man-portable mortar

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Acoustic torpedo

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Active protection system

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Active radar homing air-to-air missile

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Adapted firing-port rifle

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Agricultural hand tool

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Air defense missile interception system

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Air gun

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Air superiority fighter

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Air superiority fighter aircraft

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Airborne infantry fighting vehicle

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Airborne Laser (ABL) anti-ballistic missile weapons system

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Aircraft carrier

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aircraft heavy machine gun

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Aircraft machine gun

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Aircraft under-wing smoke tank

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Air-dropped area denial mine

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air-launched anti-ship cruise missile

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Air-launched ballistic missile

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Air-launched ballistic missile with hypersonic glide vehicle

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Air-launched cruise missile

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Air-launched decoy cruise missile

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Air-launched precision-guided weapon family

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Air-to-air missile

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Air-to-ground guided missile

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Air-to-ground missile

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Air-to-ground rocket

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Air-to-ground strategic cruise missile

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Air-to-surface anti-tank guided missile

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Air-to-surface conventional bomb

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Air-to-surface hypersonic missile

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Air-to-surface missile

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air-to-surface tactical missile

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All-weather, over-the-horizon anti-ship missile

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Amphibious armored personnel carrier

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Amphibious armored scout car

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Amphibious armoured personnel carrier

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Amphibious armoured scout car

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Amphibious assault ship (landing helicopter dock)

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Amphibious light tank

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Amphibious tracked armoured fighting vehicle

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Amphibious tracked armoured personnel carrier

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Ancient oared warship (galley)

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Animal-mounted shock weapon (war elephant)

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Anti-aircraft and anti-missile missile

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anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun

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Anti-aircraft autocannon

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Anti-aircraft gun

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Anti-ballistic missile

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anti-ballistic missile system

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anti-drone electronic warfare weapon

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Anti-materiel rifle

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Anti-personnel land mine

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Anti-personnel mine

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Anti-personnel munitions system

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anti-radiation loitering munition

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Anti-radiation missile

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Anti-satellite missile

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Anti-ship and coastal defence missile

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Anti-ship cruise missile

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Anti-ship glide bomb

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Anti-ship missile

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Anti-submarine missile

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anti-submarine missile system

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anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon

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Anti-surface ship torpedo

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Anti-tank and anti-boat obstacle

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Anti-tank barrier delivery system

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anti-tank guided missile

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Anti-tank landmine

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Anti-tank missile

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Anti-tank obstacle

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Anti-tank recoilless gun

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Anti-tank rifle

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Anti-tank rocket launcher

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Anti-tank weapon

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Anti-vehicle smart ground munition

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Area denial obstacle

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Area denial weapon

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Armored car

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Armored car / Scout car

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Armored fighting vehicle

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Armored personnel carrier

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armored riot-control vehicle

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Armored scout car

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armored warship

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Armoured car

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Armoured car (wheeled reconnaissance vehicle)

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Armoured car with reconnaissance capability

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Armoured fighting vehicle

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Armoured fighting vehicle family

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armoured patrol vehicle

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Armoured personnel carrier

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Armoured personnel carrier and support vehicle

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Armoured reconnaissance car

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Armoured reconnaissance vehicle

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armoured recovery vehicle

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artillery piece

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Artillery rocket

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Assault gun

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Assault rifle

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assault rifle (shortened M16 variant)

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Assault rifle and submachine gun family

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Assault rifle carbine variant

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Assault rifle, carbine

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Asymmetrical composite bow

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Asymmetrical dagger

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Atomic bomb

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attack aircraft

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Attack helicopter

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Autocannon

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Automatic anti-aircraft gun

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Automatic grenade launcher

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Automatic rifle

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Automatic shotgun

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Axe

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Ballistic missile

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Ballistic missile family

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Ballistic missile submarine

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Barbed wire obstacle

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Battle axe

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Battle rifle

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Battle rifle and light machine gun

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Battlecruiser

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Battleship

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Bayonet

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Bayonet and multi-purpose knife

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Beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile

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Biplane fighter aircraft

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Bladed firearm attachment (melee weapon)

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Blunt weapon (club)

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Bolt action rifle

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Bolt action sniper rifle

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Bolt-action anti-materiel rifle

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Bolt-action carbine

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Bolt-action pistol

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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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Bomb

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Bombard (large medieval siege cannon)

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Booby trap

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Booby trap gun

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Booby-trapped stake

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Bounding anti-personnel mine

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Bow

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Breaching explosive charge

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Breech-loading rifle

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Breech-loading single-shot rifle

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Bullpup anti-materiel rifle

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Bullpup assault rifle

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Bullpup bolt-action sniper and anti-materiel rifle

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Bullpup bolt-action sniper rifle

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Bullpup combat shotgun

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Bullpup designated marksman rifle

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Bullpup grenade launcher

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Bullpup semi-automatic rifle

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Caltrop

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Cannon

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Carbine

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Carbine / Shotgun Assault Weapon

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Carrier-based fighter aircraft

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carrier-capable fighter aircraft

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Cartridge

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Cavalry lance

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Cavalry sabre

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cavalry shock weapon (mounted lance)

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Cavalry sword

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cavalry tank

Weapon Type or Class

Centerfire rifle cartridge

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Centerfire, rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge

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Ceremonial Knife

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Chain Flail

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Chain gun autocannon

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Chain Weapon

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Chain-Sickle

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Chemical Weapon

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Chinese martial arts weapon

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Chopping knife

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Claw dagger (knuckle-worn)

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Close-in weapon system

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close-quarters-battle carbine

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Club

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Club-like weapon

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Cluster glide bomb

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coastal defense cannon

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Combat knife

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Combat shotgun

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combination rifle and grenade launcher

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Command-guided anti-tank missile

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Computerized bomb sight and navigation system

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Concealed weapon

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crossbow

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Cruise missile

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Cruise missile programme

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Cruiser tank

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Cruiser tank (British tank type)

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Curved knife

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curved sabre

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Curved single-edged sword

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Curved sword (sabre)

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Curved, sickle-shaped sword with a rhinoceros-horn hilt

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Curved, single-edged sword worn edge-down by mounted samurai

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Curved-blade polearm

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Dagger

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Deep-water anti-submarine naval mine

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Defensive obstacle

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demolition charge

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Designated marksman and sniper rifle

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Designated marksman rifle

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Designated marksman rifle, semi-automatic sniper rifle

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Destroyer

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detection and ranging system

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Device

Weapon Type or Class

Diesel-electric attack submarine class

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Directed-energy weapon

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Direct-fire grenade launcher

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Directional anti-personnel mine

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Directional fragmentation antipersonnel mine

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Directional fragmentation anti-personnel mine

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Disposable anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher

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Disposable rocket-propelled grenade launcher

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Disposable shoulder-fired rocket launcher

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Disposable unguided anti-tank weapon

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dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft

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Dive bomber and scout aircraft

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Double action, single action semi-automatic pistol

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Double-action revolver

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Double-barreled grenade launcher

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Double-edged dagger, standard Roman legionary sidearm

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Double-edged Iron Age shortsword

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Double-edged straight sword (jian)

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Early gunpowder bomb, soft-shell grenade

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Early gunpowder firearm

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Earthquake bomb

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Edged weapon

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electric torpedo

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Electromagnetic linear motor weapon

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Execution sword

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Exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile

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Explosive booby trap

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Explosive charge

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Explosive ordnance disposal and demolition charge

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Explosive weapon

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Fast battleship

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Field artillery (12-pounder cannon)

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Field gun / gun-howitzer

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field gun-howitzer

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Fighter aircraft

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Fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft

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Fighter-bomber

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Fighter-bomber and interceptor aircraft

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Fighting knife

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Fighting knife and bayonet

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Firearm

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Firearms cartridge

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Fist-load Weapon

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Flail and chain weapon

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Flexible whip-blade sword

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flintlock firearm

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Flintlock muzzle-loading rifle (British service rifle)

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Flintlock revolver

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Flying bomb

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Folding personal defense weapon

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fragmentation hand grenade

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Fully automatic combat shotgun

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Gas and incendiary trench mortar

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gas-operated assault rifle

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General-purpose machine gun

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Glide bomb

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Glide bomb guidance kit

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Grenade launcher

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grenade or explosive ordnance

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ground-attack aircraft

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Ground-launched cruise missile

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Ground-launched guided glide bomb

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Guided air-to-air missile

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guided bomb

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guided glide bomb

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guided missile

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Guided surface-to-air missile

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guided-missile cruiser

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guided-missile destroyer

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Guided-missile frigate

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Gun turret

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Gunship aircraft

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Half-track armored personnel carrier

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Half-track armoured personnel carrier

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Hand grenade

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Handgun

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Hand-held crossbow

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Hand-held projectile sling

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

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hand-held striking weapon

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Hand-to-hand percussion weapon (war hammer)

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heavy anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun

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Heavy bomber

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Heavy bomber aircraft

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Heavy bomber drone

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Heavy cruiser

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Heavy machine gun

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Heavy oared warship with double-banked rowers (quinquereme)

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Heavy tank

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Heavy tank (first tank fielded in combat)

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Heavy tank, later redesignated medium tank

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Heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo

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Heavyweight dual-purpose ASW and ASuW torpedo

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heavyweight torpedo

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High-altitude surface-to-air missile system

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Hoplite thrusting spear (polearm)

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Hypersonic anti-ship aeroballistic missile

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Hypersonic anti-ship ballistic missile

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Hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile

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Hypersonic anti-ship missile

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Hypersonic cruise missile

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Hypersonic glide vehicle

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Imaging infrared homing air-to-air missile

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improvised incendiary weapon

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Incapacitant spray

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Incendiary balloon

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Incendiary device

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Incendiary Javelin

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Incendiary mixture

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Incendiary weapon

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Incendiary weapon (naphtha-based)

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Infantry fighting vehicle

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infantry mobility vehicle

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Infantry tank

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Infantry thrusting spear (polearm, pike)

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Infrared-guided air-to-air missile

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Infrared-homing air-to-air missile

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Intercontinental ballistic missile

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Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)

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Intercontinental ballistic missile system

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Intermediate cartridge

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Intermediate-range ballistic missile

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Iron Truncheon

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Japanese sword

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javelin

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Jet fighter aircraft

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Kalashnikov rifle family (export series)

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Kinetic anti-ballistic missile

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Kinetic-energy anti-tank missile

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Knife

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Knife or dagger

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Land mine

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Land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

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Landmine

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Large-yield bomb

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Laser air defense system

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Laser guidance kit for unguided rockets

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less-lethal projectile launcher

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lever-action repeating rifle

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Lever-action rifle

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Lever-action shotgun

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Ligature strangulation weapon

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Light armored vehicle

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light armoured half-track

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Light cannon

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Light cavalry tank

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Light machine gun

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light machine gun (gas operated, air cooled)

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Light machine gun platform

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light mountain gun

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Light self-propelled gun

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Light tank

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Light tank and tank destroyer

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Lightweight anti-submarine torpedo

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Lightweight machine gun

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lightweight torpedo

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Loitering munition

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Loitering munition drone

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Long-barreled cannon

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Long-range air-to-air missile

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Long-range artillery weapons

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Long-range semi-active radar homing surface-to-air missile

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Long-range siege gun

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Long-range surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missile system

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long-range surface-to-air missile system

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Low-cost cruise missile

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Mace

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Machete

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Machine gun

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Machine pistol

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magnetic anti-tank grenade

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Main battle tank

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Main battle tank (Centurion)

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Main battle tank series

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Man-portable air-defense system

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Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS)

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man-portable anti-tank guided missile

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man-portable anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)

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Man-portable anti-tank weapon

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Man-portable flamethrower

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Man-portable flamethrower (Flammenwerfer)

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Man-portable loitering munition

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Man-portable recoilless anti-tank weapon

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Man-portable surface-to-air missile

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Man-portable surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)

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Man-portable thermobaric rocket weapon

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Man-portable/Vehicle-mounted surface-to-air missile

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Martial arts weapon

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Matched pair of swords (long and short)

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Matchlock arquebus

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Matchlock long gun

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Mechanical trap device

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Medium bomber aircraft

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Medium machine gun

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Medium range surface-to-air missile system

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Medium tank

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Medium trench mortar

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Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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Medium-range ballistic missile

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Medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM)

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Medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile system

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Medium-range surface-to-air missile

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Medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system

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Medium-range surface-to-air missile system

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Medium-sized cannon

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Melee weapon

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Military precision rifle

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Military transport aircraft

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Mine

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missile

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Missile rail launcher

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mobile all-weather air defense system

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Mobile anti-ballistic missile system

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Mobile low-to-medium altitude surface-to-air missile system

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mobile short-range ballistic missile system

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Mobile short-range surface-to-air missile system

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Mobile surface-to-air missile system

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Mobile theater ballistic missile

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Modular assault rifle

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Modular striker-fired semi-automatic pistol

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Modular weapon system

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Mortar

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Multi-barrel volley gun

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multi-chamber firearm

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Multi-decked sailing warship

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Multiple rocket launcher

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Multiple rocket launcher / volley gun platform

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Multipurpose tool and stabbing weapon

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Multirole Combat Aircraft

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Multirole fighter

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Multirole fighter aircraft

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Multirole light fighter

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musket

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Muzzleloading firearm

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Muzzle-loading firearm

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Muzzle-loading naval gun

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naval anti-aircraft gun

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naval boarding device

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Naval gun

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Naval gun (intermediate-calibre, Age of Sail)

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Naval influence mine

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Naval medium-range surface-to-air missile system

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naval minesweeping device

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Naval sabre (boarding sword)

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Naval surface-to-air missile

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naval vessel

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Nerve agent (chemical warfare agent)

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Non-lethal crowd control munition

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non-lethal tunnel-sealing device

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Nuclear air-to-surface missile

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Nuclear bomb design

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Nuclear demolition weapon

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nuclear warhead

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Nuclear weapon

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Nuclear weapon (fission bomb)

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Nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile

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Nuclear-armed anti-submarine missile

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Nuclear-armed hypersonic cruise missile

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nuclear-capable hypersonic anti-ship and land-attack missile

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Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN)

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nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN)

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nuclear-powered cruise missile

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Nuclear-powered fleet submarine

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nuclear-powered guided-missile battlecruiser (heavy cruiser)

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Obsidian-edged club-sword (macuahuitl)

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One-handed military flail (chain-and-haft striking weapon)

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One-handed thrusting sword

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One-way attack drone

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One-way attack drone (loitering munition)

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Orbital weapons platform

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Percussion revolver

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Personal defense weapon

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Personal defense weapon (PDW)

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Pike (polearm)

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Pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Pistol cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Pistol-caliber carbine

Weapon Type or Class

Pocket knife

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Pocket pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Pocket revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Pocketknife with automatically extended blade

Weapon Type or Class

Polearm

Weapon Type or Class

Polearm (bladed pole weapon)

Weapon Type or Class

Polearm (club-and-spear)

Weapon Type or Class

Polearm (curved single-edged blade)

Weapon Type or Class

Portable anti-tank rocket launcher

Weapon Type or Class

Precision guided munition

Weapon Type or Class

Precision-guided munition guidance kit

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Projectile weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Prototype airbursting assault rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Pump-action grenade launcher

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Pump-action shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Push dagger (katar)

Weapon Type or Class

radar system

Weapon Type or Class

Rail mounted plough, rail destruction vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Railway gun

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rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm

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recoilless anti-tank gun

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Recoilless gun

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Recoilless rifle

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Recoil-operated automatic revolver

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Recoil-operated machine gun

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recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle

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Reconnaissance armored car

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Reconnaissance vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Recurve composite bow (horse archery)

Weapon Type or Class

Remote weapon station

Weapon Type or Class

remote-controlled autocannon weapon station

Weapon Type or Class

Remotely controlled weapons station

Weapon Type or Class

Repeating air rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Repeating ballista (torsion siege artillery)

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Repeating crossbow

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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

Rigid airship

Weapon Type or Class

Rimless carbine/rifle cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Rimmed, large-bore revolver cartridge

Weapon Type or Class

Road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Rocket artillery

Weapon Type or Class

Rocket launcher

Weapon Type or Class

Rocket-propelled explosive device

Weapon Type or Class

rocket-propelled flamethrower

Weapon Type or Class

Rocket-propelled grenade

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Rocket-propelled grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class

roller-delayed blowback submachine gun

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Rotary machine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Rotary medium machine gun

Weapon Type or Class

rotary-barreled machine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Sabre

Weapon Type or Class

scout car

Weapon Type or Class

Sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Sea-skimming anti-ship missile

Weapon Type or Class

Secret weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Security barrier

Weapon Type or Class

Selective-fire assault rifle

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self-contained explosive weapon placed in water

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Self-defense keychain weapon

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Self-extracting revolver

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self-propelled 120 mm mortar

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Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Weapon Type or Class

Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon system

Weapon Type or Class

Self-propelled artillery

Weapon Type or Class

Self-propelled artillery gun

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Self-propelled assault gun

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Self-propelled gun

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Self-propelled howitzer

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Self-propelled multiple rocket launcher

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self-propelled underwater explosive weapon

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Semi-automatic anti-materiel precision rifle

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Semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle

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Semi-automatic bullpup sniper rifle

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Semi-automatic carbine

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Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle

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semi-automatic designated marksman rifle / sniper rifle

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Semi-automatic handgun

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Semi-automatic pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Semi-automatic pistol caliber carbine

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Semi-automatic pocket pistol

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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

Weapon Type or Class

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

Shipboard point-defense surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Ship-borne anti-aircraft and anti-missile weapon system

Weapon Type or Class

Shipborne guided missile family

Weapon Type or Class

Ship-borne siege ladder (naval boarding engine)

Weapon Type or Class

Ship-launched anti-submarine missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short range infrared homing air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

short sabre

Weapon Type or Class

Short sword (samurai companion blade)

Weapon Type or Class

short, smoothbore, cast-iron naval cannon

Weapon Type or Class

short-range air defense autocannon turret

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range air defense missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range ballistic missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range ballistic missile system (in development)

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Short-range surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Shoulder-fired recoilless rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile (MANPADS)

Weapon Type or Class

Shoulder-launched unguided anti-tank rocket system

Weapon Type or Class

Sickle-sword

Weapon Type or Class

Sidearm Knife

Weapon Type or Class

Siege cannon (bombard)

Weapon Type or Class

Siege engine

Weapon Type or Class

Siege howitzer

Weapon Type or Class

siege ladder

Weapon Type or Class

Siege mortar (heavy indirect-fire siege artillery)

Weapon Type or Class

Siege Weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Silent pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Silver knife (norigae ornament)

Weapon Type or Class

Single-action pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Single-action revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Single-edged forward-curving sword

Weapon Type or Class

Single-edged infantry weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Single-edged sword

Weapon Type or Class

single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

single-shot breech-loading black-powder rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Single-shot handgun

Weapon Type or Class

Single-shot recoilless anti-tank weapon

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

small explosive projectile

Weapon Type or Class

Smallsword

Weapon Type or Class

Smoothbore flintlock infantry musket

Weapon Type or Class

Smoothbore muzzle-loading trench mortar (Stokes mortar)

Weapon Type or Class

Sniper rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Sniper rifle (family)

Weapon Type or Class

Spear

Weapon Type or Class

Spear Thrower

Weapon Type or Class

Spear-tipped polearm with a crescent cross-hilt (ranseur)

Weapon Type or Class

Spiked two-handed war club

Weapon Type or Class

Sporting and target rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Squad automatic weapon

Weapon Type or Class

squad automatic weapon, light machine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Staff weapon

Weapon Type or Class

stealth fighter aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

stealth multirole fighter aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

Stealth strategic bomber aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

stealth strike fighter aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

Steel-prod crossbow

Weapon Type or Class

Straight, single-edged sword

Weapon Type or Class

straight-pull bolt-action rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Strategic bomber

Weapon Type or Class

Strategic reconnaissance aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

Striker-fired semi-automatic pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Striker-fired subcompact semi-automatic pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Submachine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Submarine-launched ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)

Weapon Type or Class

supercavitating torpedo

Weapon Type or Class

Supersonic air-launched cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Supersonic air-launched missile family

Weapon Type or Class

Supersonic anti-ship missile

Weapon Type or Class

Supersonic cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

Suppressed assault rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Suppressed bolt-action pistol

Weapon Type or Class

Suppressed rifle (carbine)

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-air missile system

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-air/anti-ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-surface ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-surface cruise missile

Weapon Type or Class

Surface-to-surface rocket

Weapon Type or Class

Sword

Weapon Type or Class

Tactical and strategic nuclear weapon

Weapon Type or Class

Tactical ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

Tactical folding knife

Weapon Type or Class

Tactical nuclear recoilless smoothbore gun

Weapon Type or Class

tandem-rotor heavy-lift helicopter

Weapon Type or Class

tank

Weapon Type or Class

tank and aircraft gun

Weapon Type or Class

Tank destroyer (self-propelled anti-tank gun)

Weapon Type or Class

Tank gun

Weapon Type or Class

Tank-launched anti-tank guided missile

Weapon Type or Class

Tank-mounted medium machine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Television-guided glide bomb

Weapon Type or Class

Theater ballistic missile

Weapon Type or Class

thermonuclear bomb

Weapon Type or Class

thermonuclear warhead

Weapon Type or Class

Thermonuclear weapon (staged fission-fusion nuclear device)

Weapon Type or Class

Throwing axe

Weapon Type or Class

Throwing dart

Weapon Type or Class

Throwing knife

Weapon Type or Class

Throwing Spear

Weapon Type or Class

Throwing tool

Weapon Type or Class

Thrusting spear

Weapon Type or Class

thrusting sword

Weapon Type or Class

Tiltrotor military transport aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

Tire deflation device

Weapon Type or Class

Top-break revolver

Weapon Type or Class

Torpedo

Weapon Type or Class

Torpedo bomber aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

Torsion siege artillery

Weapon Type or Class

Torsion siege engine (catapult)

Weapon Type or Class

Torsion siege engine (portable ballista)

Weapon Type or Class

Torsion-powered siege engine

Weapon Type or Class

Towed 152mm gun-howitzer artillery piece

Weapon Type or Class

Towed 155 mm howitzer

Weapon Type or Class

Towed anti-aircraft gun

Weapon Type or Class

Towed field gun

Weapon Type or Class

Towed howitzer

Weapon Type or Class

towed quad anti-aircraft machine gun mount

Weapon Type or Class

Tracked amphibious armored personnel carrier

Weapon Type or Class

Tracked amphibious fighting vehicle

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Tracked armored fighting vehicle

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Tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Tracked armoured personnel carrier

Weapon Type or Class

tracked combat vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Tracked reconnaissance armored fighting vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Traction trebuchet (siege engine)

Weapon Type or Class

Trench knife

Weapon Type or Class

Turbojet drone missile

Weapon Type or Class

twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

twin-engine, carrier-capable multirole fighter aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

twin-engine, single-main-rotor utility helicopter

Weapon Type or Class

Twin-engine, variable-sweep-wing multirole combat aircraft

Weapon Type or Class

Two-handed anti-cavalry saber (zhanmadao)

Weapon Type or Class

Two-handed polearm

Weapon Type or Class

Two-handed polearm with a cleaver-shaped axe blade

Weapon Type or Class

Two-handed sword

Weapon Type or Class

Two-handed sword (greatsword)

Weapon Type or Class

Two-wheeled horse-drawn war vehicle (chariot)

Weapon Type or Class

type of warship (role and size vary by era)

Weapon Type or Class

U-boat

Weapon Type or Class

Under-barrel grenade launcher

Weapon Type or Class

Underbarrel shotgun

Weapon Type or Class

Underwater assault rifle

Weapon Type or Class

Underwater firearm

Weapon Type or Class

Unguided aircraft rocket

Weapon Type or Class

unguided ballistic artillery rocket

Weapon Type or Class

Unguided rocket

Weapon Type or Class

unmanned aerial system

Weapon Type or Class

Unmanned aerial vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Unmanned combat aerial vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Unmanned surface vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

Unpowered glide weapon

Weapon Type or Class

utility helicopter

Weapon Type or Class

Vehicle active protection system

Weapon Type or Class

Vehicle-mounted anti-tank missile

Weapon Type or Class

Vertical launching system

Weapon Type or Class

Very long range air-to-air missile

Weapon Type or Class

Volley gun

Weapon Type or Class

War Pick

Weapon Type or Class

warship

Weapon Type or Class

water-cooled machine gun

Weapon Type or Class

Wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier

Weapon Type or Class

Wheeled armored personnel carrier family

Weapon Type or Class

Wheeled armoured fighting vehicle

Weapon Type or Class

wheeled self-propelled howitzer

Weapon Type or Class

Wheeled siege tower

Weapon Type or Class

Wheellock firearm (pistol)

Weapon Type or Class

Whip

Weapon Type or Class

Whistling Arrow

Weapon Type or Class

Wire obstacle

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Wire-guided anti-tank missile

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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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