Militaria A–Z

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• AEK-919K KashtanTerminologyThe AEK-919K Kashtan (Russian: Каштан; lit Chestnut) is a Russian submachine gun developed in the mid-1990s by employees of the Kovrov Mechanical Plant Design Bureau (lead designer
• Agar gunTerminologyThe Agar gun (or Ager) was an early rapid fire machine gun developed during the US Civil War. The weapon was nicknamed the Coffee Mill Gun, and was also called the Union Repeating
• AGM-158 JASSMTerminology
• AGM-169 Joint Common MissileTerminologyThe AGM-169 Joint Common Missile (JCM) was a tactical air-to-surface missile program (2002–2007) developed by the Lockheed Martin corporation for the United States military aircraf
• AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off WeaponTerminologyThe AGM-181 Long Range Stand Off Weapon (LRSO) is a nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile under development by Raytheon Technologies that will replace the AGM-86 ALCM. It will
• AGM-45 ShrikeTerminologyAGM-45 Shrike is an American anti-radiation missile designed to home in on hostile anti-aircraft radar. The Shrike was developed by the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake in 1963 b
• AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack MissileTerminologyThe AGM-84E SLAM (Standoff Land Attack Missile) was a subsonic, over-the-horizon air-launched cruise missile that was developed by McDonnell Douglas from the AGM-84 Harpoon anti-sh
• Agni-ITerminology'Fire') is a short-range ballistic missile that was developed by DRDO of India in the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. It is a single-stage missile that
• Agni-PTerminologyAgni-Prime or Agni-P (Sanskrit: अग्नि; IAST: Agni; lit. Fire) is a two-stage, surface to surface, canister-launched, road mobile and solid-fueled medium-range ballistic missile bei
• Agni-VTerminologyAgni-V (Sanskrit: अग्नि; lit. Fire) is a land based nuclear MIRV-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation
• AGS-30TerminologyThe AGS-30 is a Russian automatic grenade launcher currently in production in Russia and in service with the Russian armed forces.
• AHS KrabTerminologyThe AHS Krab (Polish for crab) is a 155 mm NATO-compatible self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer designed in Poland by Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), by combining a modified South Korean K
• air-launched ballistic missileTerminologyAn air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) is a ballistic missile that is launched from an aircraft. An ALBM allows the launch aircraft to stand off at long distances from its target
• Air-Sol Moyenne PortéeTerminologyThe Air-sol moyenne portée (ASMP; lit. 'Medium-Range Air-to-Surface') is a French nuclear-armed air-launched cruise missile manufactured by MBDA France.
• air-to-air missileTerminology
• Ak 4 rifleTerminologyThe Automatkarbin 4 (Ak 4; lit. 'Automatic Carbine 4') is a license-built Swedish version of the West German Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle.
• AK-105TerminologyThe AK-105 is a short barrel, carbine version of the AK-74M rifle, originally developed to replace the shorter barrelled AKS-74U. The AK-105 is chambered in 5.45×39mm ammunition an
• AK-19TerminologyThe AK-12 (Russian: Avtomat Kalashnikova, 2012 – GRAU index 6P70) is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle chambered in 5.45×39mm cartridge, designed and manufactured by Kalashnikov
• AK-203TerminologyThe AK-203 is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle designed to chamber the 7.62×39mm (also 7.62 Soviet) cartridge. It is one of the latest iterations of the AK series of assault ri
• AKDAS AlcorTerminologyThe Akdaş Alcor is a Turkish-made gas-operated semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Akdas Silah A.Ş. In Beyşehir, Turkey.
• Akeron MPTerminologyThe Akeron MP (Akeron Moyenne Portée), formerly known as MMP (French: Missile Moyenne Portée, lit. 'medium-range missile') is a French fifth generation man-portable anti-tank guide
• ALARMTerminologyALARM (Air Launched Anti-Radiation Missile) is a British anti-radiation missile designed primarily to destroy enemy radars for the purpose of Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEA
• ALFA M44TerminologyThe Alfa M44 was a Spanish machine gun developed during World War II. At this time, stocks of machine guns ran low and no outside source was available. Non-combatant nations found
• American-180TerminologyThe American-180 is a submachine gun developed in the 1960s which fires the.22 Long Rifle or.22 ILARCO cartridges from a pan magazine. The concept began with the Casull Model 290
• animal-borne bomb attackTerminologyAnimal-borne bomb attacks are the use of animals as delivery systems for explosives. The explosives are strapped to a pack animal such as a horse, mule or donkey.
• anti-ballistic missileTerminologyIllustration — A Ground-Based Interceptor of the United States' Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system, loaded into a silo at Fort Greely, Alaska, in July 2004
• anti-ship ballistic missileTerminologyAn anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) is a military ballistic missile system designed to hit a warship at sea.
• anti-ship missileTerminologyAn anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea-skimming variety, and many use
• anti-submarine mortarTerminologyIllustration — Bofors anti-submarine rocket launcher
• anti-submarine weaponTerminologyIllustration — Mark 54 anti-submarine torpedo launching.
• anti-tank missileTerminologyAn anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily
• anti-tank rifleTerminologyIllustration — Soviet PTRS anti-tank rifle in a museum
• anti-tank weaponTerminologyIllustration — A soldier preparing to fire the FGR-17 Viper, an American experimental one-person disposable anti-tank rocket launcher
• APS underwater rifleTerminologyThe APS underwater assault rifle (Russian: Автомат Подводный Специальный, romanized: Avtomat Podvodny Spetsialnyy, lit. 'Special Underwater Assault Rifle') is an underwater firearm
• AR-15 style pistolTerminologyAn AR-15–style pistol is a handgun assembled using an AR-15–style receiver with suitable parts to create a pistol held and fired with one hand. AR pistols were designed in the Unit
• arbalestTerminologyIllustration — Crossbowman cocking an arbalest using a cranequin
• ArcherTerminologyThe self-propelled 17-pdr, Valentine, Mk I, Archer was a British tank destroyer of the Second World War based on the Valentine infantry tank chassis fitted with an Ordnance QF 17 p
• ArisakaTerminologyThe Arisaka rifle (Japanese: 有坂銃, romanized: Arisaka-jū, AH-ree-SAH-kah) is a family of Japanese military bolt-action service rifles, which were produced and used from approximatel
• arma de ponceTerminologyGladius is a Latin word properly referring to the type of sword that was used by ancient Roman foot soldiers starting from the 3rd century BC and until the 3rd century AD. Lingu
• Armalite AR-15TerminologyThe ArmaLite AR-15The AR prefix is short for ArmaLite rifle. Is a gas-operated assault rifle manufactured in the United States between 1959 and 1964.
• Armalite AR-18TerminologyThe ArmaLite-18 (AR-18) is a gas-operated rifle chambered for 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. The AR-18 was designed at ArmaLite in California by Arthur Miller, Eugene Stoner, George Su
• Armalite AR-5TerminologyThe ArmaLite AR-5 is a lightweight bolt-action takedown rifle chambered for the.22 Hornet cartridge and adopted as the MA-1 aircrew survival rifle by the United States Air Force.
• armed helicopterTerminologyAn armed helicopter is a military helicopter equipped with aircraft ordnance. Most commonly, it is used for attacking targets on the ground.
• arming swordTerminologyIn the European High Middle Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, doub
• armor-piercing bulletTerminologyArmor-piercing bullets for rifle and handgun cartridges are designed to penetrate ballistic armor and protective shields intended to stop or deflect conventional bullets.
• Armscor AK22TerminologyThe Armscor AK22 is a semi-automatic.22 LR Kalashnikov rifle designed in 1987 by Ruko Products (later KBI), and sold by Armscor (Arms Corporation of the Philippines). Sales of the
• Armstrong GunTerminologyIllustration — Armstrong gun deployed by Japan during the Boshin War (1868–69).
• Arrow 3TerminologyThe Arrow 3 or Hetz 3 (Hebrew: חֵץ 3, pronounced [ˈχet͡s] or pronounced [ˈħet͡s]) is an exoatmospheric anti-ballistic missile, jointly funded, developed and produced by Israel and
• Arz missileTerminologyThe Cedar rockets are a series of missiles developed by Haigazian College and the Lebanese army during the 1960s. There were three types: Arz 1, Arz 2, and Arz 3.
• ASELSAN SMASHTerminologyThe Aselsan SMASH 200/30 is a type of remote controlled weapon station manufactured by Aselsan of Turkey. The system is fitted with 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II auto-cannon.
• ASM-A-1 TarzonTerminologyThe ASM-A-1 Tarzon, also known as VB-13, was a guided bomb developed by the United States Army Air Forces during the late 1940s. Mating the guidance system of the earlier Razon rad
• ASP pistolTerminologyThe ASP is a custom-made pistol designed and built by Paris Theodore (owner of Seventrees, Ltd., a custom gun leather shop in New York City) from the early 1970s to 1987. The ASP w
• assault rifleTerminologyAn assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles were first put into mass production and accepted into wi
• Astra 600TerminologyThe Astra 600 is a Spanish semi-automatic pistol that was used during World War II by the Wehrmacht. Designed by Unceta y Cia, it was a shortened version of the Astra 400 manufactu
• AT-1K RayboltTerminologyThe AT-1K Raybolt (Korean: 현궁 "Hyeon-gung", Hanja: 晛弓) is a South Korean man-portable third-generation anti-tank guided missile manufactured by LIG Defense & Aerospace (LIG D&A).
• AT2 mineTerminologyThe AT2 mine is a scatterable anti-tank mine developed by Dynamit Nobel. It can be scattered from artillery rockets or from mine laying systems, and is in service with the British,
• Atlas HTerminologyThe Atlas H was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was used to launch five clusters of N
• AtmacaTerminologyAtmaca (Accipiter) is an all-weather, long-range, precision strike, anti-ship, surface-to-surface and submarine-launched cruise missile, developed by Turkish missile manufacturer R
• attack helicopterTerminologyIllustration — A British AgustaWestland Apache helicopter fires rockets at enemy insurgents in Afghanistan, June 2008.
• Automatgevär m/42TerminologyThe Automatgevär m/42 (Ag m/42, outside of Sweden commonly known as the AG 42, AG-42 or Ljungman) is a Swedish semi-automatic rifle which saw limited use by the Swedish Army from 1
• automatic firearmTerminologyAn automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is a self-loading firearm that continuously chambers and fires rounds when the tri
• automatic shotgunTerminologyAn automatic shotgun is an automatic weapon which releases shotgun shells (thereby making it a shotgun) and uses some of the energy of each shot to automatically cycle the action a
• Automatkarbin 24TerminologyThe Ak 24 (Swedish: Automatkarbin 24, lit. 'Automatic carbine 24') is the Swedish version of the Finnish Sako ARG 40 assault rifle, modified primarily to suit Swedish conditions.
• ayudha kattiTerminologyAyudha katti (also written ayda katti or aydha katti or आयुध कटि) is an indigenous weapon of war and tools to the Kodava people of Kodagu, in the state of Karnataka, India.
• B83 nuclear bombTerminologyThe B83 nuclear bomb is an unguided variable-yield thermonuclear weapon developed by the United States during the late 1970s. Designed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, th
• Barak MXTerminologyBarak MX is an Israeli modular multi-mission air and missile defense system suitable for land and naval deployment, designed to defend against aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aeria
• bardicheTerminologyIllustration — Two examples of a bardiche together with a flail, on display in Suzdal
• barrack busterTerminologyBarrack buster is the colloquial name given to several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA).
• barrel bombTerminologyA barrel bomb is an improvised unguided bomb, sometimes described as a flying IED (improvised explosive device). They are typically made from a large barrel-shaped metal container
• Barrett MRADTerminologyThe Barrett MRAD (Multi-role Adaptive Design) is a bolt-action sniper rifle designed by Barrett to meet the requirements of the SOCOM PSR. The MRAD is based on the Barrett 98B and
• battle axeTerminologyIllustration — Horseman's axe, circa 1475. The blade's punched decoration suggests German make.
• battle rifleTerminologyA battle rifle is a full-sized service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge.
• bayonetTerminologyIllustration — British infantryman in 1941 with a Pattern 1907 bayonet affixed to his Lee–Enfield rifle
• BB gunTerminologyA BB gun is a type of air gun that fires metallic spherical projectiles called BBs (not to be confused with similar-looking bearing balls), which are approximately the same size as
• bean bag roundTerminologyA bean bag round, also known by its trademarked name flexible baton round, is a type of baton round, fired from a shotgun, and used for less-lethal apprehension of suspects.
• BeaumontgeweerTerminologyThe 1871 Beaumont and its variants were the service rifle of the Armed forces of the Netherlands between 1871 and 1895, and by the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army into the 1900s
• Bell ARH-70 ArapahoTerminologyThe Bell ARH-70 Arapaho was an American four-bladed, single-engine, light military helicopter designed for the United States Army's Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter (ARH) program.
• Benelli Raffaello CrioComfortTerminologyBenelli Raffaello CrioComfort is the name of a semi-automatic shotgun. It is manufactured by Italian arms manufacturer Benelli Armi SpA.
• Benjamin RogueTerminologyThe Benjamin Rogue.357 is a 9mm (0.357") caliber PCP air rifle, making it a large caliber. Produced by Benjamin, a brand owned by Crosman, this rifle produces over 285 joules of i
• Beretta 21A BobcatTerminologyThe Beretta 21A Bobcat is a semi-automatic pocket pistol designed by Beretta in Italy. Production began in the late 1984, solely in the Beretta U.S.A. facility in Accokeek, Marylan
• Beretta 70TerminologyThe Beretta 70 is a magazine-fed, single-action semi-automatic pistol series designed and produced by Beretta of Italy, which replaced the earlier 7.65mm Beretta M1935 pistol.
• Beretta 90twoTerminologyThe Beretta 90-Two is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. It was released in 2006 as an enhanced version of the Beretta 92, and is pro
• Beretta BM 59TerminologyThe BM59 is an automatic battle rifle developed in Italy in 1959. It is based on the M1 Garand rifle, chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO, modified to use a detachable magazine, and capabl
• Beretta Cx4 StormTerminologyThe Beretta Cx4 Storm is a semi-automatic pistol-calibre carbine aimed at the sporting, personal defense and law enforcement markets. It was designed to accept magazines from diffe
• Beretta Elite IITerminologyThe Beretta Elite II is an air pistol manufactured by Umarex and distributed in the United States by Umarex USA. It has only a few similarities to the Beretta 92G Elite II, but it
• Beretta M12TerminologyThe Beretta M12 (Model 12) is a 9×19mm Parabellum caliber submachine gun designed by Beretta. Production started in 1959, the first users were the Italian Carabinieri, Italian Stat
• Beretta PicoTerminologyThe Beretta Pico is a small, semi-automatic pistol intended for concealed carry. It has been discontinued by Beretta.
• Beretta SniperTerminologyThe Beretta 501 Sniper is an Italian-made bolt-action sniper rifle. Introduced in 1985, it was intended for military and police use.
• Beretta StampedeTerminologyThe Beretta Stampede is a single-action revolver manufactured by Beretta that is a close clone of the Colt Single Action Army "Peacemaker". The main difference is that the Beretta
• Bersa Thunder 380TerminologyThe Thunder 380 is a lightweight, relatively small semi-automatic pistol series chambered in the.380 ACP caliber made by Argentine firearms manufacturer Bersa, S.A.
• BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise MissileTerminologyThe BGM-109G Gryphon ground-launched cruise missile, or GLCM, was a ground-launched variant of the Tomahawk cruise missile developed by the United States Air Force in the last deca
• bicycle bombTerminologyA bicycle bomb (or bike bomb) is an improvised explosive device that is placed on a bicycle.
• Bio-bombTerminologyThis is a list of fictional concepts in Artemis Fowl, a novel series by Eoin Colfer.
• BL 12-inch howitzerTerminologyThe Ordnance BL 12-inch howitzer was a scaled-up version of the successful BL 9.2-inch siege howitzer.
• BL 16.25 inch Mk I gunTerminologyThe Elswick BL 16.25 inch naval gun was an early British superheavy rifled breech-loading naval gun, commonly known as the (Elswick) 110-ton gun or 111-ton gun.
• BL 18 inch railway howitzerTerminologyThe BL 18-inch railway howitzer (formally Ordnance BL 18-inch Mk I howitzer on truck, railway) was a British railway gun developed during World War I. Part of the progression of ev
• BL 5.5 inch gunTerminologyThe BL 5.5-inch gun was a British artillery gun introduced during the Second World War to equip medium batteries.
• BL 6 inch Mk XIX gunTerminologyThe British BL 6-inch gun Mk XIX was introduced in 1916 as a lighter and longer-range field gun replacement for the obsolescent BL 6-inch gun Mk VII.
• BL 8-inch howitzer Mk I–VTerminologyThe BL 8-inch howitzer Mark I through to Mark V (1 to 5) were a series of British howitzers developed early in the First World War. They used shortened and bored-out barrels from v
• Black KnightTerminologyBlack Knight was a British research ballistic missile, originally developed to test and verify the design of a re-entry vehicle for the Blue Streak missile. It is the United Kingdo
• Blaser R93 TacticalTerminologyThe Blaser R93 Tactical is a German bolt action sniper rifle, based on the Blaser R93 design. It has as variants the Blaser LRS 2 and Tactical 2.
• Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedoTerminologyThe Bliss-Leavitt Mark 3 torpedo was a Bliss-Leavitt torpedo adopted by the United States Navy in 1906 for use in an anti-surface ship role.
• BloodhoundTerminologyThe Bristol Bloodhound is a British ramjet powered surface-to-air missile developed during the 1950s. It served as the UK's main air defence weapon into the 1990s and was in large-
• blowgunTerminologyIllustration — Demonstration of a blowgun by a Yagua hunter
• BLU-43 DragontoothTerminologyBLU-43/B and BLU-44/B (Bomb Live Unit) "Dragontooth" were air-dropped cluster-type land mines used by the United States during the Vietnam War. It is chemically activated and has a
• Blue BoarTerminologyThe Vickers Blue Boar was a family of British air-launched television-guided glide bombs of the 1950s which was cancelled during development. A key role was as an anti-shipping mis
• Blue PeacockTerminologyBlue Peacock, renamed from Blue Bunny and originally Brown Bunny, was a British tactical nuclear weapon project in the 1950s.
• BM-21 GradTerminologyThe BM-21 "Grad" (Russian: БМ-21 "Град", lit. 'hailstorm') is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union.
• body cavity bombTerminologyA body cavity bomb (BCB) is an explosive device hidden inside the body of a person in order to commit a suicide attack. Although this is a common plot device in fiction, very few i
• Bofors 37 mm Gun Model 1934TerminologyThe Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s originally for Swedish use. It was exported to several countries duri
• Bofors 40 mm L/60 gunTerminologyThe Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (often referred to simply as the "Bofors 40 mm gun", the "Bofors gun" and the like, see name) is an anti-aircraft autocannon, designed in the 19
• Bofors 75 mm Model 1929TerminologyBofors 75 mm and Bofors 80 mm were two closely related designs of anti-aircraft and general-purpose artillery. Less well known than the 40 mm quick-firing AA gun, the gun was never
• Bofors 75 mm Model 34TerminologyThe Bofors 75 mm Model 1934 was a mountain gun produced in Sweden by Bofors and sold abroad widely. The Model 1934 was used by Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and China in World
• bombletTerminologyIllustration — US Honest John missile warhead cutaway around 1960, showing M134 bomblets filled with sarin
• boosted fission weaponTerminologyA boosted fission weapon is a type of nuclear weapon that makes use of a small amount of fusion fuel to increase the rate, and thus yield, of a nuclear fission reaction. The fast n
• Bor rifleTerminologyThe Bor is a Polish bolt-action 7.62×51mm NATO and.338 Lapua Magnum caliber sniper rifle. The weapon received the code name Alex during development, after the name of the lead des
• BoyliyaTerminologyThe Boyliya was a smoothbore musket produced in Bulgaria and used by its neighboring territories within the Ottoman Empire from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. A symbol of
• Boys .55in Anti-Tank RifleTerminologyThe Boys anti-tank rifle (officially Rifle, Anti-Tank,.55in, Boys, and sometimes incorrectly spelled "Boyes") is a British anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It was
• BrahmastraTerminologyThe Brahmastra is the supreme Hindu celestial weapon (astra) created and owned by the god Brahma along with its more powerful variant, the Brahmashirastra. The latter is conside
• BrahMos-IITerminologyBrahMos-II or BrahMos-2 or BrahMos Mark II is a hypersonic scramjet-propelled missile currently under joint development by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation and
• Breda 30TerminologyThe Fucile Mitragliatore Breda modello 30 was the standard light machine gun of the Royal Italian Army during World War II. The Breda Modello 30 was issued at the squad level in or
• Breda M37TerminologyThe Mitragliatrice Breda calibro 8 modello 37 (commonly known as the Breda mod. 37 or simply Breda 37/M37 and also just M37) was an Italian heavy machine gun produced by Breda and
• Breda Model 35TerminologyThe Breda 20/65 mod.35 ("Breda 20 mm L/65 model 1935"), also simply known as 20 mm Breda or Breda Model 35, among other variations, was an Italian 20 mm anti-aircraft gun produced
• breechloaderTerminologyA breechloader is a firearm or artillery piece in which the user loads the ammunition from the breech (rear) end of the barrel. The vast majority of modern firearms are breechloade
• British 18 inch torpedoTerminologyThere have been a number of 18-inch (45cm) torpedoes in service with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
• Brooke rifleTerminologyThe Brooke rifle was a type of rifled, muzzle-loading naval and coast defense gun designed by John Mercer Brooke, an officer in the Confederate States Navy. They were produced by p
• Browning Double Automatic ShotgunTerminologyThe Browning Double Automatic Shotgun / B-DAS is a short-recoil operated semi-automatic (auto-loading) 12-gauge shotgun with a -inch chamber. The firearm was produced between 1952
• Buk missile systemTerminologyThe Buk (Russian: Бук, lit. 'beech', BOOK) is a family of self-propelled, medium-range surface-to-air missile systems developed by the Soviet Union and its successor state, the Rus
• bullpupTerminologyA bullpup firearm is one with its firing grip located in front of the breech of the weapon, instead of behind it. This creates a weapon with a shorter overall length for a given ba
• Burnside carbineTerminologyThe Burnside carbine was a breech-loading carbine that saw widespread use during the American Civil War.
• BuryaTerminologyThe Burya ("Storm" in Russian; Russian: Буря) was a supersonic, intercontinental cruise missile, developed by the Lavochkin design bureau (chief designer Naum Semyonovich Chernyako
• butterfly knifeTerminologyA balisong, also known as a butterfly knife, fan knife or Batangas knife, is a type of folding pocketknife that originated from the Philippines. Its distinct features are two handl
• C-704TerminologyThe C-704 is a Chinese anti-ship missile. The missile was developed by the Third Research Institute of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).
• C14 TimberwolfTerminologyThe C14 Timberwolf MRSWS (Medium Range Sniper Weapon System) is a bolt-action sniper rifle built by the Canadian arms company PGW Defence Technologies Inc. In 2005 they won the con
• Canet 152 mm/45 naval gunTerminologyThe 152mm 45 caliber Pattern 1892 was a Russian naval gun developed in the years before the Russo-Japanese War that armed a variety of warships of the Imperial Russian Navy during
• Canet gunTerminologyIllustration — The Canet gun aboard the
• canister shotTerminologyIllustration — Artillery shot-canister for a 12-pounder cannon from the US Civil War era. From the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society.
• cannon-launched guided projectileTerminologyCannon-launched guided projectiles (CLGP) are precision-guided munitions launched by howitzers, mortars, tank guns, and naval guns. Those projectile main propulsion system is the i
• Cannone da 70/15TerminologyThe Cannone da 70 A Mont, in 1926 officially renamed Cannone da 70/15 was a mountain gun used by Italy during World War I. By World War II it had been relegated to the infantry gu
• Cannone navale da 381/40TerminologyThe Cannone navale da 381/40 was an Italian naval gun intended to equip the dreadnought battleships of the Francesco Caracciolo class. The ships were cancelled in 1916 and their gu
• Canon de 12 de VallièreTerminologyThe Canon de 12 de Vallière was a type of cannon designed by French officer Florent-Jean de Vallière (1667–1759), Director-General of the Battalions and Schools of the Artillery.
• Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 St. ChamondTerminologyThe Canon de 155 C modèle 1915 Saint-Chamond was a French howitzer used during World War I. It was based on a private prototype of a 150 millimetres (5.9 in) howitzer presented to
• Canon de 155 L Modele 1917 SchneiderTerminologyThe Canon de 155 L Modele 1917 Schneider was a French heavy artillery piece designed and produced during the First World War. A number were still on hand during the Second World Wa
• Canon de 164 mm Modèle 1893TerminologyThe Canon de 164 mm Modèle 1893 was a medium-caliber naval gun used as the secondary armament of a number of French pre-dreadnoughts and armoured cruisers during World War I. It wa
• Canon de 220 L mle 1917TerminologyThe Canon de 220 L mle 1917 was a French heavy field gun design which served with France, Germany and Italy during World War I and World War II.
• Canon de 274 modèle 1893/1896TerminologyThe Canon de 274 modèle 1893/1896 were a family of French naval guns developed in the years before World War I that armed a variety of warships of the French Navy. Guns salvaged fr
• Canon de 305 mm Modèle 1893/96 gunTerminologyThe Canon de 305 mm Modèle 1893/96 was a heavy naval gun used as the main armament of a number of French pre-dreadnoughts during World War I. It equipped the Charlemagne, Républiqu
• Canon de 32 modèle 1870/81 à glissementTerminologyThe Canon de 32 modèle 1870/81 à glissement was a French Railway gun used by the French Army during World War I and World War II.
• Canon de 340 modèle 1912 à berceauTerminologyThe Canon de 340 modèle 1912 à berceau was a French railway gun used by the French Army and the United States Army during World War I. The guns were used again by the French Army d
• Canon de 370 modèle 75/79 GlissementTerminologyThe Canon de 370 modèle 75/79 Glissement was a French Railway gun designed during World War I but produced too late to see action during the war. The six guns built were held in re
• Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891TerminologyThe Canon de 65 mm Modèle 1891 & Modèle 1902 were a family of widely used naval guns of the French Navy that were also used by the Ottoman Navy during World War I. Guns removed fro
• captive bolt pistolTerminologyA captive bolt pistol (also known as a captive bolt gun, a cattle gun, a stunbolt gun, a bolt gun, a stun gun and a stunner) is a device designed for stunning animals prior to slau
• Caracal pistolTerminologyThe Caracal pistol is a series of semi-automatic pistols manufactured by Caracal International LLC a subsidiary of Tawazun Holding from the United Arab Emirates.
• card throwingTerminologyIllustration — A thrown playing card embedded in an apple
• CardomTerminologyThe Cardom (English: Hatchet, stands for Computerized Autonomous Recoil Rapid Deployed Outrange Mortar) is an Israeli 81 mm/120 mm recoil mortar system (RMS), manufactured by Solta
• Carl Gustaf m/45TerminologyThe Kulsprutepistol m/45 (Kpist m/45), also known as the Carl Gustaf M/45 and the Swedish K SMG, is a 9×19mm Swedish submachine gun (SMG) designed by Gunnar Johansson, adopted in 1
• CarroballistaTerminologyCarroballista was an ancient, cart-mounted ballista, a type of mobile field artillery. According to the Roman author Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris II.25), each legion had 55 carr
• caseless ammunitionTerminologyCaseless ammunition (CL), or caseless cartridge, is a configuration of weapon-cartridge that eliminates the cartridge case that typically holds the primer, propellant and projectil
• CBU-100 Cluster BombTerminologyThe Mk 20 Rockeye II, CBU-99 Rockeye II, and CBU-100 Rockeye II comprise an American cluster bomb family which are employed primarily in an anti-tank mode against armored vehicles.
• CBU-87 Combined Effects MunitionTerminology
• CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed WeaponTerminology
• centerfire cartridgeTerminologyIllustration — Two rounds of.357 Magnum, a centerfire cartridge; notice the circular primer in the center
• chain whipTerminologyThe chain whip, also known as the soft whip, is a weapon used in some Chinese martial arts, particularly traditional Chinese disciplines, in addition to modern and traditional wush
• chemical weaponTerminologyA chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans. According to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical We
• Chen-1 bottom mineTerminologyThe Sinking (沉, or Chen) naval mines are a series of Chinese naval mines. These are bottom mines.
• Chen-2 bottom mineTerminologyThe Sinking (沉, or Chen) naval mines are a series of Chinese naval mines. These are bottom mines.
• CheyTac InterventionTerminologyThe CheyTac Intervention, also known as the CheyTac M200, is an American bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by CheyTac USA, which can also be classified as an anti-materiel rifl
• Chiang Kai-shek rifleTerminologyThe Type Chiang Kai-shek rifle (Chinese: 中正式), also known as the Generalissimo rifle, and Type 24 (二四式), named after the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese-made v
• chicken gunTerminologyIllustration — The first chicken gun, built in 1942 by the US Civil Aeronautics Administration and the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, being fired at a glass pan
• Chinese siege weaponsTerminologyIllustration — Siege tower
• Chinese swordTerminologyHistorically, Chinese swords are classified into two types, the jian and the dao. A Jian is a straight, double-edged sword mainly used for stabbing; the term has been commonly tran
• Claymore mineTerminologyThe Claymore mine is a directional anti-personnel mine developed for the United States Armed Forces, invented by Norman MacLeod. Unlike a conventional land mine, the Claymore may b
• clip pointTerminologyThe clip point is one of the three most common shapes for the blade of a knife (the others being the drop point and the spear point). point blades have the appearance of havin
• coach gunTerminologyA coach gun is a double-barreled shotgun, generally with side-by-side barrels 18 to 24 inches (460 to 610 mm) long. It was called a "cut-down shotgun" and a "messenger's gun" from
• Colt 9mm SMGTerminologyThe Colt 9mm SMG, also known as the Colt Model 635 or Colt M635, is a 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun manufactured by Colt, based on the M16 rifle.
• Colt AceTerminologyThe Colt Ace or Colt Service Model Ace is a Colt Model 1911-derived semi-automatic firearm chambered for the.22 Long Rifle cartridge instead of.45 ACP. It was created in 1931 and
• Colt AR-15TerminologyThe Colt AR-15 is a product line of magazine-fed, gas-operated, autoloading rifles manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company ("Colt") in many configurations. The rifle is a deri
• Colt Canada C7TerminologyThe Colt Canada C7 is the Canadian military's adoption of Colt's Armalite AR-15 platform, manufactured by Colt Canada (formerly Diemaco), having similar design and function to the
• Colt Delta EliteTerminologyThe Colt Delta Elite is a modified series 80 M1911 pistol chambered for the 10mm Auto cartridge. It was first introduced in 1987 by the Colt's Manufacturing Company.
• Colt Double EagleTerminologyThe Colt Double Eagle was a double-action / single action, semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company between 1989 and 1997. It was available in standard fu
• Colt M1902TerminologyThe Model 1902 is a semi-automatic pistol developed by famous American firearms designer John Browning and produced by the Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company in the early
• Colt M1911TerminologyThe Colt M1911 (also known as 1911, Colt 1911, Colt.45, or Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambere
• Colt Machine GunTerminologyThe Colt Machine Gun or CMG was an open bolt belt-fed machine gun that fires 5.56×45mm cartridges designed by Colt Manufacturing Company in 1965. Colt hastily developed the CMG-1 t
• Colt Model 1908 Vest PocketTerminologyThe Model 1908 Vest Pocket is a compact, hammerless, striker-fired, semi-automatic single-action pistol. Manufactured by the Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1908 to 1948, it was
• combination gunTerminologyIllustration — A picture showing typical combination gun (top), drilling (middle), and vierling (bottom) barrel layouts
• Common Anti-Air Modular MissileTerminologyThe CAMM (Common Anti-Air Modular Missile) is a family of surface-to-air missiles developed by MBDA UK for the United Kingdom. CAMM is derived from, and shares some common features
• Common-Hypersonic Glide BodyTerminologyThe Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as the Dark Eagle, is an intermediate-range surface-to-surface boost-glide hypersonic weapon being developed for use by the Unit
• compound bowTerminologyIn modern archery, a compound bow is a bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The compound bow was first developed in 1966 by Holless Wi
• corvusTerminologyIllustration — Roman corvus boarding plank, educated guess
• Crazy Horse rifleTerminologyMatch-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adjustments for both windage and elevation.
• cruise missileTerminologyIllustration — A BGM-109 Tomahawk flying in November 2002
• CZ 550TerminologyThe CZ-550 is a bolt-action hunting rifle series manufactured by Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod (CZ UB). The CZ 550 series is available with a medium or magnum sized action.
• Daewoo Precision Industries K5TerminologyThe Daewoo Precision Industries K5 or K5/DP51 series is a 9×19mm semi-automatic pistol produced by SNT Motiv (formerly S&T Daewoo) of South Korea.
• Daewoo Precision Industries USAS-12TerminologyThe USAS-12 (Universal Sporting Automatic Shotgun 12 gauge) is an automatic shotgun manufactured in South Korea by Daewoo Precision Industries since the 1980s.[2]
• daggerTerminologyIllustration — The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife, a modern-day dagger
• Dane axeTerminologyThe Dane axe or long axe (including Danish axe and English long axe) is a type of European early medieval period two-handed battle axe with a very long shaft, around 0.9–1.2 metres
• Danuvia 43MTerminologyThe Danuvia/Király submachine guns were Hungarian submachine guns designed by Pál Király in the late 1930s and used during World War II and the 1950s.
• De Lisle carbineTerminologyThe De Lisle carbine or De Lisle commando carbine was a British firearm used during World War II that was designed with an integrated suppressor. That, combined with its use of sub
• deadly weaponTerminologyA deadly weapon, sometimes dangerous weapon (although some jurisdictions differentiate between the two) or lethal weapon, is an item that can inflict mortal or great bodily harm.
• defensive grenade wz. 33TerminologyThe granat obronny wz. 'Defensive grenade, mark 33') was a fragmentation grenade used by the Polish Army before and during World War II.