traditional weaponry
Pre-gunpowder fighting tools
Traditional weaponry refers to arms and combat implements that predate modern firearms and explosives—swords, spears, bows, axes, maces, and similar hand-powered weapons.
The term often appears in contexts distinguishing historical or ceremonial arms from contemporary military technology: The museum's collection of traditional weaponry includes samurai swords and Viking axes.
In martial arts, traditional weaponry denotes the classical instruments of a fighting discipline.
- swordHilted fighting blade
- broad swordWide-bladed fighting weapon
- bowRespectful forward inclination
- forgingShaping heated metal; faking documents
- daggerShort pointed stabbing blade
helmet · katana · arrow · shield · tempering · spear · chainmail · javelin · halberd · battle axe · gauntlet · nunchaku · hand to hand · chakram · scimitar · crossbow · axe · war hammer
traditional weaponryfirearms
Weapons using explosive propulsion
rifles · missiles · smart bombs · nuclear weapons · cruise missiles
traditional weaponryweapons of mass destruction
Arms causing widespread casualties
WMD · nuclear weapons · thermonuclear weapons · biological weapons · chemical weapons
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