Militaria A–Z

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• Le Prieur rocketTerminologyIllustration — Nieuport 16 equipped with Le Prieur rockets
• Leach Trench CatapultTerminologyThe Leach trench catapult (sometimes called a Leach-Gamage catapult) was a bomb-throwing catapult used by the British Army on the Western Front during World War I. It was designed
• Lee-EnfieldTerminologyThe Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half o
• LGM-25C Titan IITerminologyThe Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile. Titan II was originally designed and used a
• light gas gunTerminologyThe light-gas gun is an apparatus for physics experiments. It is a highly specialized gun designed to generate extremely high velocities.
• limpet mineTerminologyA limpet mine is a type of naval mine attached to a target by magnets. It is so named because of its superficial similarity to the shape of the limpet, a type of sea snail that cli
• Livens ProjectorTerminologyThe Livens Projector was a simple mortar-like weapon that could throw large drums filled with flammable or toxic chemicals.
• LMP-2017TerminologyThe LMP-2017 is a 60mm mortar that is produced by Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów.
• Lobaev Sniper RifleTerminologyThe Lobaev sniper rifle is a rifle line of custom-built bolt-action sniper rifles manufactured by Lobaev Arms, which produces benchrest equipment and long-range, sniper and mountai
• Long Range Land Attack ProjectileTerminologyThe Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) is a canceled precision guided naval artillery shell for the U.S. Navy's Advanced Gun System (AGS). LRLAP was developed and produced b
• Lorenz rifleTerminologyThe Lorenz rifle was an Austrian rifled musket introduced in the 1850s and used by the Austrian Army during the mid-19th century. Designed by Joseph Lorenz, it became one of the pr
• LRSVM MoravaTerminologyThe LRSVM Morava (Lanser Raketa Samohodni Višecevni Modularni (LRSVM) Morava, named for the Morava river in Serbia) is a modular, multi-calibre, multi-pod self-propelled multiple r
• LRSVM TamnavaTerminologyLRSVM Tamnava (Лансер Ракета Самоходни Вишецевни Модуларни Тамнава) is a Serbian modular multiple rocket launcher developed by Yugoimport SDPR. It is based on a Kamaz 6560 8x8 truc
• LS PGBTerminologyLei Shi, abbreviated as LS, is a series of precision-guided munitions (PGM) developed by Luoyang Optoelectro Technology Development Center (LOTDC), a subsidiary of Aviation Indu
• Lusa submachine gunTerminologyThe Lusa is a compact 9×19mm Parabellum submachine gun developed by INDEP of Portugal in 1983. Its name is derived from Lusitania, which was the Roman name for the Iberian region t
• LVOA-CTerminologyThe LVOA is an AR-15–style rifle designed by War Sport Industries and currently manufactured by ZRODelta. The LVOA is semi automatic, with multiple variants, such as the LVOA-S and
• LWRC M6TerminologyThe LWRC M6 is a series of carbines designed and manufactured by LWRC International. The 'M' model name is not a US military designation.
• M1 flamethrowerTerminologyThe M1 and M1A1 were portable flamethrowers developed by the United States during World War II. The M1 weighed 72 lb (33kg), had a range of 15 meters, and had a fuel tank capacity
• M10 Gun Motor CarriageTerminologyThe M10 tank destroyer, formally known as the 3-inch gun motor carriage M10 or M10 GMC, was an American tank destroyer of World War II. After US entry into World War II and the for
• M107 projectileTerminologyThe M107 is a 155 mm high explosive projectile used by many countries. It is a bursting round with fragmentation and blast effects.
• M116 howitzerTerminologyThe 75mm pack howitzer M1 (redesignated the M116 in 1962) was a pack howitzer designed in the United States. The gun saw combat in World War II with the United States Army (primari
• M134 bombletTerminologyIllustration — A demonstration Honest John warhead showing M134 bomblets
• M15 Half-TrackTerminologyThe M15 half-track, officially designated M15 Combination Gun Motor Carriage, was a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on a half-track chassis used by the United States Army during W
• M15 pistolTerminologyThe M15 General Officers is a.45 ACP pistol developed by the U.S. Army's Rock Island Arsenal from stock M1911 pistols.
• M167 Vulcan Air Defense SystemTerminologyThe M167 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS) is a towed, short-range United States Army anti-aircraft gun designed to protect forward area combat elements and rear area critical asset
• M18 HellcatTerminologyThe M18 Hellcat (officially designated the 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 or M18 GMC) was a tank destroyer used by the United States Army in World War II and the Korean War.
• M1895 Lee NavyTerminologyThe M1895 Lee Navy was a straight-pull magazine rifle adopted in limited numbers by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps in 1895 as a first-line infantry rifle. The Navy's official desig
• M19 Multiple Gun Motor CarriageTerminologyThe M19 multiple gun motor carriage (MGMC) was a World War II United States Army self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon on the M24 Chaffee light tank chassis. It was equipped with two
• M1902/30Terminology76 mm divisional gun M1902/30 was a Soviet modernized version of the Russian World War I 76 mm divisional gun M1902, employed in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa.
• M1903 SpringfieldTerminologyThe M1903 Springfield, officially the U.S. Rifle, Caliber.30, M1903, is an American five-round, non-removable, staggered-row box magazine-fed, bolt-action, repeating service rifle
• M1909/37Terminology122 mm howitzer M1909/37 (Russian: 122-мм гаубица обр. 1909/37 гг.) was a Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer, a modernization of World War I era 122 mm howitzer M1909.
• M1917 EnfieldTerminologyThe M1917 Enfield, the "American Enfield", formally named "United States Rifle, cal.30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the.303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern
• M1918 Browning automatic rifleTerminologyThe Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifle used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of th
• M1941 Johnson machine gunTerminologyThe M1941 Johnson Light Machine Gun, also known as the Johnson and the Johnny gun, was an American recoil-operated light machine gun designed by Melvin Johnson in the late 1930s.
• M1942TerminologyThe Model of 1905 bayonet was made for the U.S. M1903 Springfield rifle. This designation was changed to Model 1905 in 1917, and then to M1905 in 1925, when the army adopted the M
• M2 BrowningTerminologyThe M2 machine gun or Browning.50-caliber machine gun (informally, "Ma Deuce") is a heavy machine gun that was designed near the end of World War I by John Browning.
• M2 HydeTerminologyThe Hyde-Inland M2 was a United States submachine gun design submitted for trials at Aberdeen Proving Ground in February 1941. Work was undertaken by General Motors Inland Manufact
• M2 mineTerminologyThe M2 is a United States bounding anti-personnel mine used during World War II. A number of variants of the mine were produced and although the mine is no longer in US service, it
• M21 Sniper Weapon SystemTerminologyMatch-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adjustments for both windage and elevation
• M230 chain gunTerminologyThe M230 Cannon is a 30 mm (30×113 mm), single-barrel electrically-driven autocannon, using external electrical power (as opposed to recoil or expanding gas generated by the firing
• M24 Sniper Weapon SystemTerminologyThe M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS) or M24 is the military and police version of the Remington Model 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after ado
• M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun SystemTerminologyThe M26-MASS (Modular Accessory Shotgun System) is a shotgun configured as an underbarrel ancillary weapon attachment mounted onto the handguard of a service rifle, usually the M16
• M270 Multiple Launch Rocket SystemTerminology
• M3 fighting knifeTerminologyThe M3 trench knife or M3 fighting knife was an American military combat knife first issued in March 1943.
• M30 Luftwaffe drillingTerminologyThe M30 Luftwaffe Drilling ("triple") was a combination gun issued to Luftwaffe pilots during World War II. Intended to be used as a survival weapon for hunting and self-defense ag
• M320 Grenade Launcher ModuleTerminologyM320 Grenade Launcher Module (GLM) is the U.S. military's designation of a single-shot 40 mm grenade launcher system that aimed to replace the M203 for the U.S. Army, while other s
• M36 Gun Motor CarriageTerminologyThe M36 tank destroyer, formally 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage, M36, was an American tank destroyer used during World War II. The M36 combined the hull of the M10 tank destroyer, which
• M39 Enhanced Marksman RifleTerminologyThe M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle (EMR; formally Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle; NSN 1005-01-553-5196) is a semi-automatic, gas-operated designated marksman rifl
• M42 DusterTerminologyThe M42 40 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, or Duster, is an American armored light air-defense gun built for the United States Army from 1952 until December 1960, in service u
• M43 Howitzer Motor CarriageTerminologyThe 8-inch Howitzer Motor Carriage M43 was an American self-propelled artillery vehicle built on a widened and lengthened medium tank M4/M4A1 chassis, with a Continental engine and
• M47 DragonTerminologyThe M47 Dragon, known as the FGM-77 during development, is an American shoulder-fired, man-portable anti-tank guided missile system. It was phased out of U.S. military service in 2
• M5 bayonetTerminologyThe M5 Bayonet was adopted by the U.S. military in 1953 to replace other bayonets for the M1 Garand rifle. It uses the M8A1 scabbard.
• M50 ReisingTerminologyThe.45 Reising submachine gun was manufactured by Harrington & Richardson (H&R) Arms Company in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and was designed and patented by Eugene Reising in 1
• M53/59 PragaTerminologyThe M53/59 Praga is a Czechoslovak self-propelled anti-aircraft gun developed in the late 1950s. It consists of an armoured version of the Praga V3S six-wheel drive truck chassis,
• M61 VulcanTerminologyThe M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm caliber rounds at
• M712 CopperheadTerminologyThe M712 Copperhead is a 155 mm caliber cannon-launched guided projectile. It is
• M75 grenade launcherTerminologyThe M75 is a 40mm automatic grenade launcher that was used primarily as an aircraft weapon in United States service and was one of the first weapons to use the high velocity 40x53m
• M79 OsaTerminologyThe M79 Osa (from) is a Yugoslav-made portable 90 mm anti-tank weapon made of fibre-reinforced plastics. It resembles the French portable anti-tank launcher 89 mm LRAC F1.
• M80 ZoljaTerminologyThe M80 Zolja (from) is a portable one-shot disposable 64 mm unguided anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade, designed in the former Yugoslavia. The M80 Zolja is still produced in Ser
• M90 Rocket LauncherTerminologyThe RBR-120 mm M90[1] (nicknamed Stršljen, from) is a light-weight, single-use, unguided anti-tank rocket launcher. The launcher is produced by Eurokompozit of Prilep, North Maced
• M982 ExcaliburTerminologyThe M982 Excalibur (previously XM982) is a extended-range guided artillery shell developed in a collaborative effort between the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the United St
• MAA-1 PiranhaTerminologyThe MAA-1 Piranha is a short-range infrared homing missile and the first air-to-air missile developed by Brazil for its Air Force and Navy. It was designed to replace the AIM-9 Sid
• MAC Mle 1950TerminologyThe MAC 50 (also known as MAC 1950, MAS 50 or PA modèle 1950) is a standard semi-automatic pistol of the French army and adopted in 1950. It replaced the previous series of French
• macanaTerminologyIllustration — Macana club used by Indigenous Amazonians
• machine gunTerminologyA machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire. Automatic firearms of 20 mm (0.79 in) caliber or more are usually classified as autoc
• MacuahuitlTerminologyA macuahuitl is a Mesoamerican weapon consisting of a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means "hand-wood".
• Madsen machine gunTerminologyThe Madsen is a light machine gun that Julius A. Rasmussen and Theodor Schouboe designed and proposed for adoption by Colonel Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen, the Danish Minister of War
• magic swordTerminologyIn mythology, legend or fiction, a magic sword is a sword with magical powers or other supernatural qualities. Renowned swords appear in the folklore of every nation that used swor
• MAGURA V5TerminologyMAGURA (Maritime Autonomous Guard Unmanned Robotic Apparatus V-type)Named after Magura, the goddess of war and victory from Slavic neopagan mythology. Is a class of Ukrainian multi
• makhairaTerminologyThe makhaira is a type of Ancient Greek bladed weapon and tool, generally a large knife or sword, similar in appearance to the modern-day machete, with a single cutting edge.
• makilaTerminologyThe makila (sometimes spelled makhila) is a traditional Basque walking stick, and is notable as both a practical tool and a cultural symbol of authority and strength.
• Mameluke swordTerminologyA Mameluke sword is a cross-hilted, curved, scimitar-like sword historically derived from sabres used by Mamluk warriors of Ottoman Egypt after whom the sword is named. Egypt was,
• man-portable air-defense systemTerminologyMan-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft, especia
• Mannlicher M1893TerminologyThe Mannlicher M1893 (or M93) is a bolt-action rifle that was the standard service rifle of the Kingdom of Romania from 1893 to 1938. The rifle and its 1892 predecessor were the fi
• Mannlicher M1905TerminologyThe Modelo 1905 was an Argentine variant of the Mannlicher Model 1901 semi-automatic pistol, designed by Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher and manufactured by Österreichische Waffenf
• Mannlicher-SchönauerTerminologyThe Mannlicher–Schönauer (sometimes Anglicized as "Mannlicher Schoenauer", Hellenized as Τυφέκιον/Όπλον Μάνλιχερ, Óplon/Tyfékion Mannlicher) is a rotary-magazine bolt-action rifle
• Marine Scout Sniper RifleTerminologyThe Marine Scout Sniper Rifle (MSSR) is a Philippine semi-automatic designated marksman rifle developed by the Philippine Marine Corps for their Marine Scout Snipers. Designed in t
• Mark 12 nuclear bombTerminologyIllustration — Mark-12 nuclear bomb
• Mark 15 nuclear bombTerminologyThe Mark 15 nuclear bomb, or Mk-15, was a 1950s American thermonuclear bomb, the first relatively lightweight (7,600 lb (3,400 kg)) thermonuclear bomb created by the United States.
• Mark 16 torpedoTerminologyThe Mark 16 torpedo was a redesign of the United States Navy's standard Mark 14 torpedo in use during World War II. It incorporated war-tested improvements into a weapon designed t
• Mark 26 Guided Missile Launching SystemTerminologyThe Mark 26 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) was a United States Navy fully automated system that stows, handles, and launches a variety of missiles. The system supported RIM
• Mark 31 torpedoTerminologyThe Mark 31 torpedo was a destroyer-launched acoustic torpedo developed by the Harvard and Pennsylvania State universities during World War II. A modification of the Mark 18 electr
• Mark 36 SRBOCTerminologyIllustration — Two Mark 36 Mod 7 SRBOC launchers aboard the battleship Wisconsin during Operation Desert Storm.
• Mark 50 torpedoTerminologyThe Mark 50 torpedo is a U.S. Navy advanced lightweight torpedo for use against fast, deep-diving submarines. The Mk 50 can be launched from all anti-submarine aircraft and from to
• Mark 6 nuclear bombTerminologyThe Mark 6 nuclear bomb was an American nuclear bomb based on the earlier Mark 4 nuclear bomb and its predecessor, the Mark 3 Fat Man nuclear bomb design.
• Mark 7 nuclear bombTerminologyMark 7 "Thor" (or Mk-7) was the first tactical fission bomb adopted by US armed forces. It was also the first weapon to be delivered via toss bombing with the help of the low-altit
• Mark 77 bombTerminologyThe Mark 77 bomb (MK-77) is a United States 750 lb air-dropped incendiary bomb carrying 110 U.S.gal of a fuel gel mix which is the direct successor to napalm.
• Mark 8 nuclear bombTerminologyThe Mark 8 nuclear bomb was an American nuclear bomb, designed in the late 1940s and early 1950s, which was in service from 1952 to 1957.
• Mark 84TerminologyThe Mark 84 or BLU-117[8] is a 2000 lb American general purpose aircraft bomb. It is the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons.
• Mark I trench knifeTerminologyThe Mark I trench knife is an American trench knife designed by officers of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) for use in World War I.
• Marksman anti-aircraft systemTerminology
• Martini-EnfieldTerminologyMartini–Enfield rifles were, by and large, conversions of the.577/450 Martini–Henry rifle, rechambered for use with the newly introduced.303 British cartridge. Whilst most Martin
• Martini-HenryTerminologyThe Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually replacing the Snider–Enf
• MAT-49TerminologyThe MAT-49 is a submachine gun which was developed by the French arms factory Manufacture Nationale d'Armes de Tulle (MAT) for use by the French Army. It was first produced in 1949
• Mateba AutorevolverTerminologyThe Mateba Model 6 Unica (often known simply as the Mateba or the Mateba Autorevolver) is a recoil operated semi-automatic revolver, one of only a few of this type ever produced.
• Matra R.550 MagicTerminologyThe R.550 Magic (backronym for Missile Auto-Guidé Interception et Combat) is a short-range air-to-air missile designed in 1965 by French company Matra to compete with the American
• Mauser M 98TerminologyThe Mauser M 98 is a bolt-action rifle of German origin. The production of the controlled round feed Mauser 98 system for the German military ceased at the end of World War II in 1
• Mauser Model 1895TerminologyThe Mauser Model 1895 is a bolt operated magazine fed rifle using the 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. It was exported to many overseas powers, including the Chilean forces which adopted a
• Mauser Model 1904Terminology
• Maxim–TokarevTerminologyThe Maxim–Tokarev (sometimes shortened to MT or M-T) was the first domestic Soviet light machine gun accepted for service. It was developed from the Maxim machine gun M1910 by Fedo
• Medved (hunting rifle)TerminologyThe "Medved" ("Медведь") is a Soviet semi-automatic hunting rifle for big-game hunting.
• MersadTerminologyMersad (Persian: مرصاد, meaning 'Ambush') is an Iranian low- to mid-range air defense system developed in 2010. It fires Shahin (Falcon) missiles which are reverse-engineered, dome
• messerTerminologyA messer (German for "knife") is a single-edged sword of the 15th and 16th century, characterised by knife-like hilt construction methods.
• MG 338TerminologyThe SIG Sauer MMG 338, formerly known as the SIG Sauer MG 338 is a medium machine gun chambered in.338 Norma Magnum, manufactured by SIG Sauer.
• MGM-13 MaceTerminologyThe Martin Mace was a ground-launched cruise missile developed from the earlier Martin TM-61 Matador. It used a new self-contained navigation system that eliminated the need to get
• MGM-140 ATACMSTerminologyBlock 1A: 300 M74 bomblets or WDU-18/B HE blast/fragmentation unitary warhead or WDU-40/B HE blast penetration
• MGM-5 CorporalTerminologyThe MGM-5 Corporal missile was an American short-range, nuclear-armed tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missile. It was the first guided weapon authorized by the United States
• MGM-52 LanceTerminologyThe MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (tactical ballistic missile) system used to provide both nuclear and conventional fire support to
• MGR-1 Honest JohnTerminologyThe MGR-1 Honest John rocket was the first nuclear-capable surface-to-surface rocket in the United States arsenal. Originally designated Artillery Rocket XM31, the first unit was t
• MGV-176TerminologyThe MGV-176 is a submachine gun chambered for the.22 Long Rifle cartridge. It is a modernized version of the American-180.
• Migration Period swordTerminologyThe Migration Period sword was a type of sword popular during the Migration Period and the Merovingian period of European history (c. 4th to 7th centuries AD), particularly among t
• Milkor 37/38mm and 40mm StopperTerminology
• Mills bombTerminology"Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British A
• MIM-104 PatriotTerminologyThe MIM-104 Patriot is a mobile interceptor missile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the primary such system used by the United States Army and several allied states. It is man
• MIM-14 Nike-HerculesTerminologyThe Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range ai
• MIM-23 HawkTerminologyThe Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing All the Way Killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike H
• MIM-46 MaulerTerminologyThe General Dynamics Mauler was a self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system designed to a late 1950s US Army requirement for a system to combat low-flying high-performance tactic
• mine-clearing line chargeTerminologyIllustration — An MCLC detonation in front of two armored vehicles during Exercise Bright Star 2001
• Minebea P9Terminology
• MinengeschoßTerminologyA mine shell (from German: Minengeschoss, lit. 'mine shot'), or high capacity high-explosive (HCHE) in British military nomenclature, is a military explosive shell type characteriz
• MinenwerferTerminologyMinenwerfer ("mine launcher" or "mine thrower") is the German name for a class of short-range mine shell launching mortars used extensively during the First World War by the Imperi
• missileTerminologyA missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
• mitrailleuseTerminologyA mitrailleuse (LL- (fra)-WikiLucas00-mitrailleuse.wav; from French mitraille, "grapeshot") is a type of volley gun with barrels of rifle calibre that can fire either all round
• Mk 38 25mm chain gunTerminologyThe Mark 38 25 mm machine gun system (MGS) is a shipboard weapon system designed to protect warships primarily from a variety of surface threats, especially small, fast surface cra
• Mk 48 machine gunTerminologyThe M249 SAW, formally as the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, is the United States Armed Forces adaptation of the Belgian FN Minimi, a light machine gun de
• MK3 grenadeTerminologyThe MK3 hand grenade is a cylindrical high explosive grenade, designated by the United States Army as an offensive grenade, it's the latest iteration of a series of grenades design
• Mobile Land MineTerminologyThe Mobile Land Mine (originally named "Beetle") was an experimental British World War II remote-controlled tracked explosive device. It was wire guided and powered by two electric
• Model 37 Cannon 75/32TerminologyThe Cannone da 75/32 modello 37 was an Italian field gun used during World War II. The designation indicates that the gun had a 75 mm caliber, the barrel was 32 caliber-lengths lon
• Model 43 grenadeTerminology"Stick hand grenade") is a series of World War I and World War II–era German hand grenade designs, also known as the Potato masher (German: Kartoffelstampfer
• MokopaTerminologyThe ZT-6 Mokopa is a South African air-to-ground anti-tank guided missile.
• Molot Bekas-MTerminologyThe Molot Bekas-M (Russian: "snipe") is a series of Russian pump-action shotguns manufactured by the Molot machine plant in Vyatskie Polyany, Kirov Oblast. The Bekas-M series compr
• MON-50TerminologyIllustration — Non-armed MON-50 displayed by the Swedish military's EOD and Demining Centre. Text reads "К ПРОТИВНИКУ" (k protivniku, "towards enemy").
• MON-90TerminologyThe MON-90 (Russian: МОН-90) is a Claymore-shaped, plastic bodied, directional type of anti-personnel mine designed in the Soviet Union. It is designed to wound or kill by fragment
• Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1885TerminologyThe Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1885 was a French heavy mortar employed as siege artillery during the First World War.
• Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1889TerminologyThe Mortier de 270 mm modèle 1889 sur affût G was a heavy mortar originally employed as coastal artillery and later converted to the siege artillery role. Mle 1889 mortars were use
• Mosin–NagantTerminologyThe Mosin–Nagant is a five-shot, bolt-action, internal magazine–fed military rifle. Known officially as the 3-line rifle M1891, in Russia and the former Soviet Union as Mosin's rif
• MosquitoTerminologyThe Mosquito was an Italian wire-guided anti-tank missile developed by the Swiss firm Contraves AG in close cooperation with the German firm of Bölkow, and produced by its Italian
• Mossberg 500TerminologyThe Mossberg 500 is a series of pump-action shotguns manufactured by O.F. Mossberg & Sons. The 500 series comprises widely varying models of hammerless repeaters, all of which shar
• MP 34TerminologyThe MP34 (Maschinenpistole 34, literally "Machine Pistol 34") is a submachine gun (SMG) that was manufactured by Waffenfabrik Steyr as Steyr-Solothurn S1-100 and used by the Austri
• MPT-76TerminologyThe MPT is a family of AR-15–style rifles designed by MKE. It replaces older rifles of the Turkish Armed Forces, such as the Heckler & Koch G3 and HK33. Common manufacturers inc
• Mughal ArtilleryTerminologyMughal artillery included a variety of cannons, rockets, and mines employed by the Mughal Empire. This gunpowder technology played an important role in the formation and expansion
• multiple-barrel firearmTerminologyIllustration — A U.S. Air Force rotary-wing crewman fires a Minigun during the Vietnam War.
• musketTerminologyIllustration — A museum display of muskets used by Serbian revolutionaries during the First and Second Serbian Uprisings.
• Nambu Type 90TerminologyThe Nambu Type 90 was a flare gun of Japanese origin and manufactured by Nambu. It was used by the Imperial Japanese Navy and came with two or three barrels.
• Nambu Type 94 pistolTerminologyThe Type 94 Nambu 8 mm pistol (Type 94 handgun, in Japanese: 九四式拳銃, romanized: Kyūyon-Shiki Kenjū) is a semiautomatic pistol developed by Kijirō Nambu and his associates for the Im
• NASAMSTerminologyNASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System) is a short- to medium-range ground-based air defense syste
• naval mineTerminologyIllustration — Polish wz. 08/39 contact mine.
• naval ramTerminologyIllustration — A ram on the bow of Olympias, a modern reconstruction of an ancient Athenian trireme
• Neger-class human torpedoTerminologyThe Neger (De-Neger.ogg, German for Negro) was a torpedo-carrying craft generally described as a human torpedo which could not submerge, but was difficult to see during night opera
• Neopup PAW-20TerminologyThe Neopup PAW-20 (Personal Assault Weapon, 20 mm) is a 20×42mm semi-automatic grenade launcher designed by Tony Neophytou and as of 2015, is produced and marketed by Denel.
• neutron bombTerminologyEnergy distribution of weapon
• New Nambu M57TerminologyThe New Nambu M57 is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed by Shin-Chuō Industries, later merged with Minebea. "New Nambu" was named after Kijirō Nambu, a notable firearm des
• New Nambu M60TerminologyThe New Nambu M60 (ニューナンブM60) is a double-action revolver chambered in.38 Special based upon Smith & Wesson-style designs.
• NiaochongTerminologyBird gun (Chinese: 鳥銃; pinyin: Niǎo chòng, Korean: 조총; Hanja: 鳥銃; RR: jochong; MR: choch'ong) is the Chinese and Korean name for snap matchlock muskets.
• Nikonov machine gunTerminologyGennadiy Nikolaevich Nikonov (11 August 1950 – 14 May 2003) was a Russian firearm engineer. Some of his accomplishments were as the designer of the AN-94 assault rifle, and the "
• ninjatōTerminology
• NirbheekTerminology"fearless") is a six-shot cylinder double-action revolver designed and manufactured by the Ordnance Factories Organization in Kanpur, India.
• Nkm wz.38 FKTerminologyThe nkm wz. 38 FK (Polish military acronym meaning heaviest machine gun pattern 1938) was a 20 mm heavy machine gun (autocannon by modern terminology) produced in inter-war Poland.
• No 2 grenadeTerminology2 grenade (also known as Hales pattern and Mexican pattern) is a percussion cap fragmentation and rifle grenade used by the United Kingdom during World War I.
• Nock gunTerminologyThe Nock gun was a seven-barrelled flintlock smoothbore firearm used by the Royal Navy during the early stages of the Napoleonic Wars. It is a type of volley gun adapted for ship-t
• Nora B-52TerminologyThe Nora B-52 is a Serbian 155 mm self-propelled howitzer designed by the Military Technical Institute and manufactured by Yugoimport SDPR.
• Nordenfelt gunTerminologyThe Nordenfelt gun was a multiple-barrel organ gun that had a row of up to twelve barrels. It was fired by pulling a lever back and forth and ammunition was gravity fed through chu
• Norinco JW-103TerminologyThe Norinco JW-103 'Bush Ranger' is a centrefire bolt-action hunting rifle developed and exported by China North Industries Corporation of the People's Republic of China.
• Northover ProjectorTerminologyThe Projector, 2.5 inch—more commonly known as the Northover Projector—was an ad hoc anti-tank weapon used by the British Army and Home Guard during the Second World War.
• nuclear bunker busterTerminologyA nuclear bunker buster, also known as an earth-penetrating weapon (EPW), is the nuclear equivalent of the conventional bunker buster. The non-nuclear component of the weapon is de
• nunchakuTerminologyThe nunchaku is a traditional East-Asian martial arts weapon consisting of two sticks (traditionally made of wood), connected to each other at their ends by a short metal chai
• Obice da 149/12TerminologyThe Obice da 149/12 was an Italian howitzer produced under license in Italy by Ansaldo and Vickers-Terni which was used during World War I and World War II.
• Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1881TerminologyThe Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1881 - was a French howitzer designed by Colonel Charles Ragon de Bange and employed by the French army during the First World War.
• Oerlikon 20 mm cannonTerminologyThe Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon design that appeared very early in World War I. Widely produced by Oerl
• Oerlikon Millennium 35 mm Naval Gun SystemTerminologyThe Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gun or Rheinmetall GDM-008 is a close-in weapon system designed by Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (formerly known as Oerlikon Contraves) for mountin
• Olympic Arms OA-93TerminologyThe OA-93 is an AR-15 derivative pistol manufactured by Olympic Arms. The weapon is similar to the Colt M5 concept that uses a gas piston instead of a direct-impingement tube.
• Ordnance QF 25 pounderTerminology(80° with dial sight adapter and digging trail pit or wheel mounds)
• OSU-35KTerminologyThe OSU-35K (Polish: Okrętowy System Uzbrojenia 35 mm - 35 mm Naval Weapon System) is a Polish naval remote weapon station and a close-in weapon system manufactured by PIT-Radwar.
• OTO Melara Mod 56TerminologyThe OTO Melara Mod 56 is an Italian-made 105 mm pack howitzer built and developed by OTO Melara. It fires the standard US type M1 ammunition.
• OTO/Ansolado 152 mm/53 Models 1926 and 1929 gunTerminologyThe 152 mm /53 Model 1926–1929 were built for the Italian Navy in the years before World War II. These guns were used on all light cruisers except the Duca degli Abruzzi subclass.
• OTs-01 KobaltTerminologyThe OTs-01 Kobalt ("Cobalt") is a Russian double-action 9 mm revolver designed by Igor Stechkin and Boris Avraamov.
• OTs-02 KiparisTerminologyThe OTS-02 Kiparis (ОЦ-02 Кипарис) Russian for "cypress") is a Soviet submachine gun first designed by the TsKIB SOO design bureau of Tula in the early 1970s, although it was not i
• Owen GunTerminologyThe Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun that was designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-des
• P-70 AmetistTerminologyThe P-70 Ametist (NATO reporting name: SS-N-7 Starbright, GRAU designation 4K66; Russian: П-70 «Аметист» 'Amethyst') was an anti-ship missile carried by Soviet and Indian Project 6
• paintball markerTerminologyA paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, paint gun, or simply marker, is an air gun used in the shooting sport of paintball, and the main piece of paintball equipment.
• Pancor JackhammerTerminologyThe Pancor Corporation Jackhammer is a 12-gauge, blow-forward gas-operated bullpup automatic shotgun designed in 1984 and patented in 1987. Only three working prototypes of the Jac
• Panter howitzerTerminologyThe Panter howitzer is an artillery weapon developed by MKEK for the Turkish Land Forces Command. It has a 155 mm/52-calibre towed howitzer gun and is able to fire NATO projectiles
• Panzerbüchse 39TerminologyThe Panzerbüchse 39, abbreviated PzB 39 (German: "tank hunting rifle model 39"), was a German anti-tank rifle used in World War II. It was an improvement of the Panzerbüchse 38 (Pz
• Panzerjäger ITerminologyThe Panzerjäger I (English: "tank hunter mark I") was the first German Panzerjäger ("tank hunter") to see service in the Second World War. It mounted the Czech 4.7 cm KPÚV vz.
• paper cartridgeTerminologyA paper cartridge is one of various types of small arms ammunition used before the advent of the metallic cartridge. These cartridges consisted of a paper cylinder or cone containi
• Parker Hale M82TerminologyThe Parker-Hale Model 82 (M82) is the military version of the Parker-Hale 1200TX target rifle; it was accepted for service by several nations for both military and police use.
• Paveway IVTerminologyPaveway IV is a dual mode GPS/INS and laser-guided bomb manufactured by Raytheon UK (formerly Raytheon Systems Limited). It is the latest iteration of the Paveway series.
• PCL-171TerminologyThe PCL-171 is an assault-vehicle-mounted, 122 mm self-propelled howitzer used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force. The designation "PCL" is an acronym derived fro
• PCL-181TerminologyThe PCL-181 is a Chinese truck-mounted, 155 mm self-propelled howitzer used by the People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The designation "PCL" is an acronym derived from p
• Pecheneg machine gunTerminologyThe PKP Pecheneg (Pulemyot Kalashnikova Pekhotny "Печенег"), GRAU index: 6P41, is a Russian 7.62×54mmR general-purpose machine gun, developed as a further modification of the PKM m
• Pedersen rifleTerminologyImperial Japan (prototype example encountered after Battle of Okinawa)
• PenguinTerminologyThe Penguin anti-ship missile, designated AGM-119 by the U.S. military, is a Norwegian passive IR seeker-based short-to-medium range anti-ship guided missile, designed for naval us
• petardTerminologyA petard is a small bomb used for blowing up gates and walls when breaching fortifications, originally invented in France in 1579.
• PGM-17 ThorTerminologyThe PGM-17A Thor was the first operative ballistic missile of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was named after the Norse god of thunder.
• PHL-03TerminologyThe PHL-03 is a truck-mounted self-propelled 12-tube 300 mm long-range multiple rocket launcher of the People's Republic of China.
• Pindad AM1TerminologyThe Pindad AM1 (Assault Military 1), or designated as Pindad SS3-M1 for the Indonesian military, is an assault rifle produced by Pindad, which was first introduced in 2022.
• Pindad P3TerminologyThe Pindad P3 is a double action/single action semi-automatic pistol made by PT Pindad as a compact and unobtrusive pistol for self-defense.
• Pistol Carpați Md. 1974TerminologyThe Pistol calibrul 7,65mm Model 1974, also known as Pistolul Carpați, is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Fabrica de Arme Cugir of Romania.
• Pistole vz. 24TerminologyThe Pistole vz. 24 (Pistol Model 24) was the standard Czech Army pistol of the inter-war period.
• PL-10TerminologyThe PL-10 (NATO reporting name: CH-AA-9), formerly known as PL-ASR (stands for PiLi-Advanced Short Range), is a short-range, infrared-homing / active radar homing air-to-air mis