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This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents." [3] The world's armed forces control about 133 million (about 13 percent) of the global total of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries, the Russian Federation (30.3 million) and the People's Republic of China (27.5 million). [2]
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other variants.
Kusanagi – Legendary Japanese sword. Can also be considered as Kusanagi-No-Tsurugi. Muramasa – The katana forged by famous swordsmith Muramasa, it was rumored that it was a demonic sword that can curse the wielder to murder people. It also said that the demonic sword rumor was made by Ieyasu Tokugawa, the 1st Shogun of the Tokugawa ...
The world's first machine gun was the Maxim gun, developed by British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884. The world's first successful self-loading rifle was the Mondragón rifle, designed in 1908 by Mexican general Manuel Mondragón. It was the first self-loading firearm able to be operated by one person.
List of premodern combat weapons; List of medieval weapons; List of American Civil War weapons; List of World War I weapons; List of World War II weapons. List of ship classes of World War II; List of Korean War weapons; List of Vietnam War weapons; List of 20th-century weapons
Mythological objects encompass a variety of items (e.g. weapons, armor, clothing) found in mythology, legend, folklore, tall tale, fable, religion, spirituality, superstition, paranormal, and pseudoscience from across the world. This list is organized according to the category of object.
Old Japanese weapons and other military paraphernalia, c. 1892–95 A Gilbertese shark-toothed weapon (late 19th century). Major innovations in the history of weapons have included the adoption of different materials – from stone and wood to different metals, and modern synthetic materials such as plastics – and the developments of different weapon styles either to fit the terrain or to ...
Ithaca Gun Company: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge 28 gauge United States: 1933 Ithaca Mag-10: Ithaca Gun Company: 10 gauge United States: 1975 KAC Masterkey: Knight's Armament Company: 12 gauge United States: 1980s Kel-Tec KSG: Kel-Tec CNC Industries Inc. 12 gauge United States: 2011 KS-23: TsNIITochMash: 23x75mmR Soviet Union: 1971 KUGS HD410 ...