Weapons
- grapeshot
- a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot
- kris
- a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade
- flintlock
- a muzzle loader that had a flintlock type of gunlock
- missile
- a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
- submachine gun
- machine gun that is a portable automatic firearm
- Bren gun
- a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the British in World War II
- Maxim gun
- an obsolete water-cooled machine gun having a single barrel
- bird shot
- small lead shot for shotgun shells
- Sten gun
- a lightweight British submachine gun
- culverin
- a medieval musket
- dumdum bullet
- a soft-nosed small-arms bullet that expands when it hits a target and causes a gaping wound
- sidewinder
- air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
- cannonball
- a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
- javelin
- a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
- poniard
- a dagger with a slender blade
- dirk
- a relatively long dagger with a straight blade
- flamethrower
- a weapon that squirts ignited fuel for several yards
- horse pistol
- a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen
- machine gun
- a rapidly firing automatic gun (often mounted)
- epee
- a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
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