Military Technology - Weapons and Munitions

Weapons and Munitions

A firearm is a hand carried weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles using the gases produced by the rapid confined burning of a propellant.

• Automatic firearms

Artillery are usually large caliber weapons firing projectiles over great distances. Artillery pieces are crew serviced weapons that provide direct or indirect trajectories for the shell.

• Rockets
• Turrets in fortifications, armoured vehicles, and warships

Melee weapons include swords, clubs, spears, axes, or fists: almost any tool with which one can hit, hack or stab someone else. The term "melee" generally means man-to-man or hand-to-hand combat.

• Lists of military weapons by types
• List of military weapon types by user
• List of military weapon types by function
• List of military weapon types by target
• Medieval siege weaponry

Munition is often defined as a synonym for ammunition. A slightly broader definition would include bombs, missiles, warheads, and mines.

• Bullet
  • List of rifle cartridges
  • List of handgun cartridges
  • List of cartridges (weaponry), pistol and rifle
  • List of Shotgun cartridges
• Missile
  • List of missiles
• Bombs
  • List of bombs
• Mines
  • Land mine
    • List of landmines
  • Minelaying (naval)
    • Naval mines