Weapons

Weapons

A weapon is a tool used with the aim of causing damage or harm (either physical or mental) to living beings.

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battering ram

Military; Weapons

A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times and designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates. Battering rams still have a use in ...

A U.S. Navy superweapon that uses electricity and magnetic force instead of explosives to rapidly fire hundreds of projectiles at speeds faster than a speeding bullet. The system launches projectiles ...

duck's foot pistol

Military; Weapons

An 18th century gun that contains four barrels branching out roughly forwards, giving it the appearance of a duck's foot. The idea of the weapon is that it can be used to threaten multiple people at ...

cluster munition

Military; General military

A cluster munition is a form of air-dropped or ground-launched explosive weapon that releases or ejects smaller submunitions. Commonly, this is a cluster bomb that ejects explosive bomblets that are ...

shuriken

Military; Weapons

A traditional Japanese concealed weapon that was generally used for throwing, and sometimes stabbing or slashing. They are sharpened hand-held blades made from a variety of everyday items, such as ...

M79 grenade launcher

Military; General military

The M79 grenade launcher is a single-shot, shoulder-fired grenade launcher that fires a 40x46mm grenade and first appeared during the Vietnam War.

explosive remnants of war (ERW)

Military; Weapons

Explosive remnants of war (ERW) is a term used in the humanitarian aid and sustainable development domains to describe the explosive threats remaining in post-conflict society. This includes ...