Weapons
- javelin
- a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
- ABM
- a defensive missile designed to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles
- shooting iron
- a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
- dumdum
- a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
- BB gun
- an air gun in which BBs are propelled by compressed air
- knuckle duster
- (used in the plural) a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
- submachine gun
- machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm
- VX gas
- a highly lethal nerve agent used in chemical warfare; a toxic liquid that penetrates the skin or lungs to disrupt the nervous system and stop respiration; in combat VX gas is deployed by detonating a container over the target area and can persist in the environment up to several weeks after release
- cannon ball
- a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
- handbow
- a bow drawn by hand as distinguished from a crossbow
- Kalashnikov
- a type of submachine gun made in Russia
- assault rifle
- any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use
- Verey pistol
- a pistol for firing Very-light flares
- automatic firearm
- a firearm that reloads itself and keeps firing until the trigger is released
- mustard agent
- a toxic war gas with sulfide based compounds that raises blisters and attacks the eyes and lungs; there is no known antidote
- whaling gun
- a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale
- musket
- a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
- twenty-two pistol
- a .22-caliber pistol
- aflatoxin
- a potent carcinogen from the fungus Aspergillus; can be produced and stored for use as a bioweapon
- Bofors gun
- an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun
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