Weapons

ICBM

a ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another

 

Quaker gun

a dummy gun or piece of artillery made usually of wood

 

grape

a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot

 

precision rifle

an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away

 

light machine gun

a submachine gun not greater than .30 millimeter

 

halberd

a pike fitted with an ax head

 

CS gas

a tear gas that is stronger than CN gas but wears off faster; can be deployed by grenades or cluster bombs; can cause skin burns and fatal pulmonary edema

 

Bren gun

a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II

 

vouge

a kind of pike used by foot soldiers in the 14th century

 

tuck

a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges

 

banderilla

a decorated dart that is implanted in the neck or shoulders of the bull during a bull fight

 

poison gas

a gas that is poisonous to breath or contact; used in chemical warfare

 

falchion

a short broad slightly convex medieval sword with a sharp point

 

partizan

a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

 

longbow

a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England

 

cutlass

a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors

 

ABM

a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles

 

twenty-two pistol

a .22-caliber pistol

 

bow and arrow

a weapon consisting of arrows and the bow to shoot them

 

chemical weapon

chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants