This is an index of lists of weapons.

By time period

List of medieval weapons The following is a list of Wikipedia articles of the types of weapons that were in use during the post-classical historical period (roughly between the mid 1st to mid 2nd millennia AD). Offensive weapons Melee weapons Trauma and cleavin ...

List of premodern combat weapons This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectil ...

* List of American Civil War weapons * List of World War I weapons *

List of World War II weapons World War II saw rapid technological innovation in response to the needs of the various combatants. Many different weapons systems evolved as a result. Note: This list does not consist of all weapons used by all countries in World War II. By cou ...

* List of Korean War weapons * List of Vietnam War weapons * List of 20th-century weapons

By type

List of anti-aircraft weapons List of anti-aircraft weapons. See also anti-aircraft warfare. Canada * Air Defense Anti-Tank System (ADATS) * Oerlikon * AMADS – Advanced man-portable air defence system Finland * T-55A Marksman * SAKO 23 mm/87 * 23 ItK 95 ----- Fr ...

* List of aircraft weapons *

List of artillery Artillery has been one of primary weapons of war since before the Napoleonic Era. Several countries have developed and built artillery systems, while artillery itself has been continually improved and redesigned to meet the evolving needs of the b ...

List of firearms This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, flamethrowers, multipl ...

List of assault rifles An assault rifle is a rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge, a detachable magazine, and can switch between semi-automatic/ fully automatic fire. Assault rifles are currently the standard service rifles in most modern armies. Some rifles lis ...

List of battle rifles Battle rifles are full-powered rifles, full-length, fully automatic or semi-automatic rifles that have been adopted by a nation's military. The difference between a battle rifle and a designated marksman rifle is often only one of terminology wit ...

List of blow forward firearms Below is the list of blow-forward weapons References

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** List of bolt-action rifles **

List of bullpup firearms The following is a list of firearms designed in a bullpup (i.e., action behind firecontrol/trigger group) configuration. References {{Bullpup Firearms, Rifles=Pindad SS2 Bullpup Bullpup firearms A bullpup firearm is one with its fir ...

List of carbines A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ...

List of delayed blowback firearms Below is a list of delayed-blowback firearms. Lever delayed blowback Roller delayed blowback Gas delayed blowback Flywheel delayed blowback Hesitation lock Radial delayed blowback Toggle delayed blowback Vector delayed blowback ...

List of grenade launchers This article lists all forms of grenade launchers around the world, that is to say weapons that launch grenades with more accuracy, a higher velocity and to greater distances than a soldier could.''Small Arms Illustrated'', 2010 Below is the ...

List of machine guns This is a list of machine guns and their variants. The tables are sortable. See also *List of firearms *List of multiple-barrel firearms References {{Reflist * Machine guns A machine gun is a fully automatic, rifled autoloading f ...

List of multiple-barrel firearms Below is a list of multiple-barrel firearms of all forms from around the world.Small Arms Illustrated, 2010 Pistols Rifles Flare launchers Less lethal Automatic rifles Submachine guns Shotguns Machine guns Grenade launchers S ...

List of pistols This is a list of pistols. The list covers manually operated and semi-automatic/machine pistols: See also *List of firearms *List of assault rifles *List of machine guns *List of multiple-barrel firearms *List of revolvers * List of semi-autom ...

** List of recoilless rifles **

List of revolvers This is a list of single- and double-action revolvers, listed alphabetically by manufacturer. Dan Wesson 715 See also *List of firearms *List of multiple-barrel firearms *List of submachine guns *List of assault rifles *List of machine guns *L ...

** List of rifles ** List of rocket launchers ** List of semi-automatic pistols ** List of semi-automatic rifles **

List of shotguns This article is a list of shotguns. Shotguns have traditionally fired iron, stone or lead shot stored in large shells that are normally loaded. See also * Assault shotgun *Automatic shotgun *Combat shotgun *List of bullpup firearms *List of ...

List of sniper rifles This article is a listing of major precision rifle variants used by snipers from around the world. A hunting or precision rifle equipped with a telescopic optic has been long described as a sniper rifle. Below is the list of precision rifles us ...

List of submachine guns This is a list of submachine guns. It includes Submachine guns (SMG), Machine pistols (MP), Personal defense weapon systems (PDW), and "compact submachine gun-like weapons" not easily categorized. Weapons may fit in more than one category. S ...

List of flamethrowers This page is a list of flamethrowers of all forms from all around the world.Small arms illustrated, 2010 Human portable Vehicle mounted Static See also * List of pistols * List of revolvers * List of assault rifles * List of sniper rifle ...

List of magical weapons This is a list of magical weapons from fiction and folklore. A magical weapon is one that is directly described as such in the work, or one that has obvious fantastic or supernatural qualities. In folklore * Trident – Weapon usually attribute ...

List of martial arts weapons Weapons used in the world's martial arts can be classified either by type of weapon or by the martial arts school using them. By weapon type Melee weapons * List of melee weapons ** Bladed weapons ***Swords: see Types of swords ***Knives ***Dagge ...

List of missiles Below is a list of missiles, sorted alphabetically into large categories and subcategories by name and purpose. Other missile lists Types of missiles: * Conventional guided missiles ** Air-to-air missile ** Air-to-surface missile ** Anti-rad ...

List of mythological weapons Mythological objects encompass a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armor, clothing) found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion, spirituality, superstition, paranormal, and pseudoscience from across the world. This list will be ...

List of practice weapons This list of practice weapons, is of weapons specifically designed for practice in different martial arts from around the world. Unlike those in the list of martial arts weapons article, many of which are designed to be effective weapons, generally ...

List of rockets There are several different types of rockets. The following articles contain lists of rockets by type: * List of missiles * List of orbital launch systems * List of sounding rockets * List of military rockets * List of rocket stages See also * C ...

Lists of swords Lists of swords: *List of historical swords *List of Japanese swords ** List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords) ** List of Wazamono *List of mythological swords *List of fictional swords This article is a list of fictional swords in ...

List of types of spears This is a list of types of spears found worldwide throughout history. Used equally in melee and thrown * Migration Period spear Normally melee *Bayonet (when fixed to a Long gun) Asia *Arbir *Bambu Runcing * Dangpa * Gichang * Hoko yari * Ji * ...

List of torpedoes __NOTOC__ The list of torpedoes by name includes all torpedoes operated in the past or present. See also * List of lists of weapons Notes References * Boyne, Walter J. ''Clash of Titans.'' (1995) Simon and Schuster, NY, NY. . * Morison Mo ...

By country

List of artillery by country This list of artillery by country contains all artillery systems organized primarily by their country of origin. In cases where multiple countries collaborated on a project, a system could be listed under each of the major participants. Also, ...

List of individual weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces. While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case of both squad a ...

* List of service rifles of national armies * List of weapons of the U.S. Marine Corps

Weapons-related

List of aircraft The lists of aircraft are sorted in alphabetical order. Further reading The following reference sources, among many others, have been used to compile this list: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ...

List of armoured fighting vehicles This is a list of lists of armoured fighting vehicles. __NOTOC__ By period * List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War I * List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles * List of military vehicles of World War II * List of armoured fight ...

List of chemical warfare agents A ''chemical weapon agent (CWA), or chemical warfare agent,'' is a chemical substance whose toxin, toxic chemical property, properties are meant to kill, injure or incapacitate Human, human beings. About 70 different chemicals have been used or ...

List of handgun cartridges List of handgun cartridges, approximately in order of increasing caliber. Table of handgun cartridges {, class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" , - ! Cartridge name , , Bulletdiameter , , Caselength , , Cartridgelength , , Type , ...

List of rifle cartridges List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. File:Cartridge Sample 2.jpg, 350px, From left to right: 1 .17 HM2,2 .17 HMR, 2.5 .17 wsm, 3 .22LR, 4 .22 WMR, 5 .17/23 SMc, 6 5mm/35 SMc, 7 .22 Hornet, 8 .223 Remington, 9 .223 WS ...