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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 projectile ), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
A melee weapon, hand weapon, close combat weapon or fist-load weapon is any handheld weapon used in hand-to-hand combat, i.e. for use within the direct physical reach of the weapon itself, essentially functioning as an additional (and more effective) extension of the user's limbs. By contrast, a ranged weapon is any other weapon capable of ...
This was the standard squad automatic weapon of the French infantry and cavalry in the battle of France. Breda Model 30 Captured from Italian troops. Bren light machine gun - supplied by the British. Chauchat. FM-24/29. MAC 1931. MAC 1934. Model 1924/1929D machine gun. French Hotchkiss model 1914 machine gun.
A ranged weapon[dubious – discuss] is any weapon that can engage targets beyond hand-to-hand distance, i.e. at distances greater than the physical reach of the user holding the weapon itself. The act of using such a weapon is also known as shooting. It is sometimes also called projectile weapon or missile weapon because it typically works by ...
Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or Saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
Wunderwaffe. V-1 flying bomb. V-2 missile. V-3 cannon. V-2 rocket at Peenemünde Museum. H.IX V3 flying wing reproduction at the San Diego Air and Space Museum. Wunderwaffe ( German pronunciation: [ˈvʊndɐˌvafə]) is a German word meaning "wonder-weapon" and was a term assigned during World War II by Nazi Germany's propaganda ministry to ...
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is a 2014 first-person shooter video game published by Activision.The eleventh major installment in the Call of Duty series, the game was developed by Sledgehammer Games for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One, while High Moon Studios developed the versions released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and Raven Software developed the game's multiplayer and the Exo ...
Many different weapons systems evolved as a result. This list does not consist of all weapons used by all countries in World War II. By country List of World War II ...