Weapons
- aflatoxin
- a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- assault gun
- any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
- Colt
- a kind of revolver
- cannon
- heavy gun fired from a tank
- butt shaft
- a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice
- zip gun
- a crude homemade pistol
- poison gas
- a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare
- Cupid's bow
- a curved bow with reversed curve ends
- Excalibur
- the legendary sword of King Arthur
- W.M.D.
- a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)
- matchlock
- an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge
- pike
- medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet
- broadsword
- a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
- pepper spray
- a nonlethal aerosol spray made with the pepper derivative oleoresin capiscum; used to cause temporary blindness and incapacitate an attacker; also used as a bear deterrent
- handbow
- a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow
- SAM
- a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target
- ABM
- a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
- Luger
- a German semiautomatic pistol
- round shot
- a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
- firearm
- a portable gun
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