Weapons

rifle ball

a bullet designed to be fired from a rifle; no longer made spherical in shape

 

semiautomatic

a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously

 

javelin

a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events

 

cannon

heavy gun fired from a tank

 

megaton bomb

a nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNT

 

Bofors gun

an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun

 

Kalashnikov

a type of submachine gun made in Russia

 

stiletto

a small dagger with a tapered blade

 

high explosive

a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate

 

assegai

the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa

 

duck shot

small lead shot for shotgun shells

 

Spandau

a German machine gun

 

blistering agent

a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote

 

claymore

a large double-edged broadsword; formerly used by Scottish Highlanders

 

zip gun

a crude homemade pistol

 

dumdum

a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound

 

Thompson submachine gun

a .45-caliber submachine gun

 

ICBM

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

 

knife

a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point

 

derringer

a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel