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Ranged weapons

5.56×45mm NATO

Service rifle cartridge

Action (firearms)

Firearms mechanism that moves cartridges and/or seals the breech

Air-to-air missile

Missile fired from the air at airborne targets

1949 Soviet 7.62×39mm assault rifle

Material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from a weapon or weapon system

Container designed for safe transport and storage of ammunition

Anti-tank guided missile

Guided missile for combat against armored targets

AR-15–style rifle

Lightweight semi-automatic based on the Colt AR-15 design

Armor-piercing bullet

Type of ammunition

Shafted projectile that is shot with a bow

Sharpened tip of an arrow

Long-ranged guns for land warfare

Military rifle type

Rapid-fire projectile weapon that fires armour-piercing or explosive shells

Automatic firearm

Firearm that fires continuously while the trigger is depressed

Ancient missile weapon

Type of firearm mechanism

BOOMERanG experiment

Sub-orbital experiment which studied the properties of cosmic microwave background radiation

Ranged weapon system, sports equipment

String joining the two ends of a bow stave

Class of gun which is loaded from the breech

Projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun

Burst mode (weapons)

Automatic firing mode

Heavy guns or artillery

Cartridge (firearms)

Ammunition consisting of a casing, projectile, propellant and primer

Type of bow for archery

Type of pre-gunpowder ranged weapon

Guided missile with precision targeting capabilities and multiple launch platforms

Dreyse needle gun

Bolt action rifle

Class of artillery gun mounted on a mobile carriage for maneuver in the field of battle

Early gunpowder weapon

Gun for an individual

Part of the firing mechanism in a firearm

Aerodynamic stabilization of arrows or darts with materials such as feathers

Firearm with flint-striking ignition

1860s multi-barrel rapid-fire gun of Richard Gatling

Series of pistols

Ranged weapon that shoots projectiles

Explosive once used in firearms

Early firearm, 13th-15th century

Short-barreled firearm designed to be fired with only one hand

Hollow-point bullet

Type of expanding bullet used for controlled penetration

Type of artillery piece

Intercontinental ballistic missile

Ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres

Bullpup assault rifle

Limbers and caissons

Two-wheeled cart for carrying ammunition, or supporting the trail of an artillery piece

List of premodern combat weapons

Any weapon that can engage targets beyond hand-to-hand distance

Category of firearms with longer barrels

Type of bow that is tall and has a long draw pull

Six-barrel rotary (Gatling) machine gun

A type of selective-fire carbine assault rifle

Sustained fully-automatic firearm

Magazine (firearms)

Ammunition feeding device of a firearm

Man-portable air-defense system

Portable surface-to-air missile weapons

Firearm mechanism

Self-propelled guided weapon system

Missile guidance

Variety of methods of guiding a missile

Mortar (weapon)

Artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles

Multiple rocket launcher

Rocket artillery system capable of launching multiple rockets in quick succession

Multiple-barrel firearm

Class of firearm with more than one barrel

Muzzle-loaded long gun (firearm)

Class of gun which is loaded from the muzzle

Onager (weapon)

Roman siege engine

Type of handgun where the firing chamber is integral to the barrel

Ancient Greek siege engine

Barrel of gunpowder

Electrically powered electromagnetic projectile launcher

Bow with limbs that curve away from the archer when unstrung

Repeating crossbow

Type of weapon invented in China

Repeating firearm

Firearm that can discharge multiple times before needing reload, including both manual repeaters and automatic firearms

Revolver (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Common long range firearm

Gunsmithing technique

Rocket-propelled grenade

Shoulder-launched anti-tank weapon

Multiple barreled automatic firearm

Sabot (firearms)

Ammunition component for holding sub-caliber projectiles aligned

Ability of a firearm to fire in different modes as chosen by the operator

Semi-automatic firearm

Weapon that performs all steps necessary to prepare the weapon to fire again after firing, capable of firing only once with each activation of the trigger

Type of ammunition

Firearm intended for firing a bolus of small pellets

Shotgun cartridge

Self-contained cartridge loaded with either shot or a solid slug

Throwable Japanese concealed weapon

Ranged weapon, typically to propel small stones

Slingshot (disambiguation)

Topics referred to by the same term

Smokeless powder

Type of propellant

Type of rifle used for long-range engagements against enemy personnel

Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile

Type of automatic firearm

Surface-to-air missile

Ground-launched missile designed to attack aerial targets

Tracer ammunition

Ammunition whose bullets emit light or smoke during flight

Siege engine using long arm to throw projectiles

Trigger (firearms)

Mechanism that actuates the firing sequence of a firearm or other weapon when pushed down by a finger

Damage-creating payload delivered by a rocket, missile, or torpedo