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Firearm [r]: Device, often designed to be used as a weapon, which projects either single or multiple projectiles at high velocity, using the energy of gases generated by a controlled explosion. ^[e]
Bayonet [r]: Add brief definition or description
Grenade [r]: A small explosive charge, designed to be thrown by hand or launched from a weapon that can be carried by infantry ^[e]
Rifle [r]: Primarily a shoulder-filed individual weapon, used for hunting, target shooting, and infantry combat; the term may also apply to larger artillery pieces with rifled barrels that impart stabilizing spin to their projectiles ^[e]
AK-47 [r]: The world's most common assault rifle, firing a 7.62mm bullet, but with reduced-power propellant and larger magazines that comparable battle rifles using the same caliber; there are variants that use lighter bullets ^[e]
M-1 Garand [r]: Add brief definition or description
Assault rifle [r]: Add brief definition or description
M-16 (rifle)* [r]: Add brief definition or description
AKS-74 (rifle)* [r]: Add brief definition or description
AK-74M (rifle)* [r]: Add brief definition or description
Anti-tank missile [r]: A air-to-surface or surface-to-surface missile, optimized to defeat the most heavily armored tanks by such measures as attacking the thinnest armor, or using dual warheads to defeat reactive armor ^[e]
FGM-148 Javelin [r]: Add brief definition or description