<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095766332309240406</id><updated>2024-10-04T19:13:18.453-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Black Dragon</title><subtitle type='html'>Tell me...&#xa;About the world u known...</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7095766332309240406/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Black</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15193363217198823026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVeGjePMgAGfHgCBPcb0l9q-2d53L8p8UM0H181CNi2aZ1O6w1fvZCA4Te5pV5qxzT9TT9v0r2QYJnmx0tylrw2Qvuk4doRayFxnL6EcKLTx-y34l-ko9FKM5mNpjuTA/s220/Black+dragon.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095766332309240406.post-7005808949819680300</id><published>2011-11-13T01:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-13T01:28:04.808-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Being a human</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lost by time&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lost by evolution&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lost everything we know&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Even if......&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;The world has begun&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Begun to be&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;A hell 4 coming&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Into destiny&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Remember that&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;U still alive&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Still learning&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Being a human&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Is the hardest way&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;To know&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;What are you&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;In this world&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/feeds/7005808949819680300/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/2011/11/being-human.html#comment-form' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7095766332309240406/posts/default/7005808949819680300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7095766332309240406/posts/default/7005808949819680300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/2011/11/being-human.html' title='Being a human'/><author><name>Black</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15193363217198823026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' 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Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;We live there...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;We grown up here...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;But a little things from world...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Never be told to us...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Just to tell...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;That little things...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Already done...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Already happens...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Already passed...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;But we never know it...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;We never be know it...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Until u know about yourself...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: small;&quot;&gt;Indeed.............................................&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/feeds/6531455303223682763/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-things-about-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7095766332309240406/posts/default/6531455303223682763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7095766332309240406/posts/default/6531455303223682763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-things-about-world.html' title='Little things about the world'/><author><name>Black</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15193363217198823026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVeGjePMgAGfHgCBPcb0l9q-2d53L8p8UM0H181CNi2aZ1O6w1fvZCA4Te5pV5qxzT9TT9v0r2QYJnmx0tylrw2Qvuk4doRayFxnL6EcKLTx-y34l-ko9FKM5mNpjuTA/s220/Black+dragon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095766332309240406.post-1163304190991958100</id><published>2011-10-26T19:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T19:57:57.135-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Information.....About Guns....</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;A&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;weapon&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;arm&lt;/b&gt;, or&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;armament&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Tool&quot;&gt;tool&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or instrument used with the aim of causing damage or harm (either physical or mental) to living beings or artificial structures or systems. In human society weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Hunting&quot;&gt;hunting&lt;/a&gt;, fighting, self-defense, crime, law enforcement, and war. The deadliest weapon is chuck norris&#39;s fist.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Weapons are employed individually or collectively. A weapon can be either expressly designed as such or be an item re-purposed through use (for example, hitting someone with a hammer). Their form can range from simple implements such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_(weapon)&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Club (weapon)&quot;&gt;clubs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;through to complicated modern implementations such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Intercontinental ballistic missile&quot;&gt;intercontinental ballistic missiles&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_warfare&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Biological warfare&quot;&gt;biological weapons&lt;/a&gt;. Weapon development has progressed from early wood or stone clubs through revolutions in metalworking (swords,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mace_(club)&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Mace (club)&quot;&gt;maces&lt;/a&gt;, etc.) and gunpowder (guns,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cannon&quot;&gt;cannon&lt;/a&gt;), electronics and nuclear technology.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;In a broader context, weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a strategic, material or mental advantage over an adversary on land, sea, air, or even outer space.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=1&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: History&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;History&quot;&gt;History&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=2&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Prehistoric&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Prehistoric&quot;&gt;Prehistoric&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 1.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 12px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: center; width: 222px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%A9olithique_0001.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; height=&quot;146&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/N%C3%A9olithique_0001.jpg/220px-N%C3%A9olithique_0001.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;220&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:N%C3%A9olithique_0001.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0645ad; display: block; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; src=&quot;http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;An array of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Neolithic&quot;&gt;Neolithic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;artifacts, including&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracelet&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Bracelet&quot;&gt;bracelets&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Axe&quot;&gt;axe heads&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisel&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Chisel&quot;&gt;chisels&lt;/a&gt;, and polishing tools.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Very simple weapon use has been observed among&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Chimpanzee&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Common Chimpanzee&quot;&gt;chimpanzees&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-Pruetz1_0-0&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-Pruetz1-0&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;leading to speculation that early&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominids&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Hominids&quot;&gt;hominids&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;began their first use of weapons as early as five million years ago.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-1&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-1&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;These would have been wooden clubs, spears, and unshaped stones—none of which would leave an unambiguous record.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Some of the earliest unambiguous weapons were&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throwing_stick&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Throwing stick&quot;&gt;throwing sticks&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and spears dated to around 400,000 years ago. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sch%C3%B6ninger_Speere&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Schöninger Speere&quot;&gt;Schöninger Speere&lt;/a&gt;, eight wooden throwing spears from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Paleolithic&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Lower Paleolithic&quot;&gt;Lower Paleolithic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;era, are thought to be the earliest known example of weapons used by the genus&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Homo&quot;&gt;Homo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-2&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-2&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=3&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Ancient and classical&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Ancient_and_classical&quot;&gt;Ancient and classical&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 1.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 12px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: center; width: 222px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ballista-quadrirotis.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; height=&quot;144&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Ballista-quadrirotis.jpeg/220px-Ballista-quadrirotis.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;220&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ballista-quadrirotis.jpeg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0645ad; display: block; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; src=&quot;http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A four-wheeled&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballista&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Ballista&quot;&gt;ballista&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;drawn by armored&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataphract&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cataphract&quot;&gt;cataphract&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;horses,&amp;nbsp;&lt;abbr style=&quot;border-bottom-color: black; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; cursor: help;&quot; title=&quot;circa&quot;&gt;c.&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt; 400&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ancient_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;List of ancient weapons&quot;&gt;Ancient weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were evolutionary improvements of late&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neolithic&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Neolithic&quot;&gt;neolithic&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;implements, but then significant improvements in materials and crafting techniques created a series of revolutions in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_technology&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Military technology&quot;&gt;military technology&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;The development of metal tools, beginning with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Copper&quot;&gt;copper&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;during the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_Age&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Copper Age&quot;&gt;Copper Age&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(about 3,300&amp;nbsp;BC) and followed shortly by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Bronze Age&quot;&gt;bronze&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;led to the&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_Age_sword&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Bronze Age sword&quot;&gt;Bronze Age sword&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and similar weapons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;The first defensive structures and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortifications&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Fortifications&quot;&gt;fortifications&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;appeared in the Bronze Age,&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-ashow-siegecraft_3-0&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-ashow-siegecraft-3&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;indicating an increased need for security. Weapons designed to breach fortifications followed soon after, for example the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battering_ram&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Battering ram&quot;&gt;battering ram&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was in use by 2500&amp;nbsp;BC.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-ashow-siegecraft_3-1&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-ashow-siegecraft-3&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Although early&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Age_sword&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Iron Age sword&quot;&gt;Iron Age swords&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were not superior to their bronze predecessors, once&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ferrous_metallurgy&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;History of ferrous metallurgy&quot;&gt;iron-working&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;developed - around 1200 BC in Sub-Saharan Africa,&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-4&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-4&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;5&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;iron began to be used widely in weapon production&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-5&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-5&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;6&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;because&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_ore&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Iron ore&quot;&gt;iron ore&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was much more readily available than the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Copper&quot;&gt;copper&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Tin&quot;&gt;tin&lt;/a&gt;required to create&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Bronze&quot;&gt;bronze&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalry&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cavalry&quot;&gt;Cavalry&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;developed once horses were bred to support the weight of a man&lt;span class=&quot;Z3988&quot; title=&quot;ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;amp;rft.genre=book&amp;amp;rft.btitle=&amp;amp;rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Weapon&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;. The horse extended the range and increased the speed of attack, but was not a weapon as much as it provided an enhanced capability.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_horse&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Domestication of the horse&quot;&gt;Domestication of the horse&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and widespread use of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Spoke&quot;&gt;spoked&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;wheels by ca. 2000 BC,&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-6&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-6&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;7&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;led to the light, horse-drawn&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Chariot&quot;&gt;chariot&lt;/a&gt;. The mobility provided by chariots were important during this era.&lt;sup class=&quot;Template-Fact&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Citation needed&quot;&gt;&lt;span title=&quot;This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2009&quot;&gt;citation needed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;]&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;Spoke-wheeled chariot usage peaked around 1300&amp;nbsp;BC and then declined, ceasing to be militarily relevant by the 4th century BC.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-7&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-7&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;8&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Ships built as weapons or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warship&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Warship&quot;&gt;warships&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;such as the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trireme&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Trireme&quot;&gt;Triremes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were in use by the 7th century BC.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-8&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-8&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;9&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&amp;nbsp;These ships were eventually replaced by&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenistic-era_warships&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Hellenistic-era warships&quot;&gt;larger ships&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;by the 4th century BC.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=4&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Middle Ages&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Middle_Ages&quot;&gt;Middle Ages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 1.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 12px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: center; width: 222px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_of_London_interior.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Tower_of_London_interior.jpg/220px-Tower_of_London_interior.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;220&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_of_London_interior.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0645ad; display: block; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; src=&quot;http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Ancient Chinese&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cannon&quot;&gt;cannon&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;displayed in the&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Tower of London&quot;&gt;Tower of London&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Europe&quot;&gt;European&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;warfare during the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_ages&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Middle ages&quot;&gt;middle ages&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was dominated by elite groups of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Knights&quot;&gt;knights&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;supported by massed&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Infantry&quot;&gt;infantry&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(both in combat and ranged roles). They were involved in mobile combat and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sieges&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Sieges&quot;&gt;sieges&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;which involved various&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Siege weapon&quot;&gt;siege weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and tactics. Knights on horseback developed tactics for charging with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lances&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Lances&quot;&gt;lances&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;providing an impact on the enemy formations and then drawing more practical weapons (such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Swords&quot;&gt;swords&lt;/a&gt;) once they entered into the melee. Whereas infantry, in the age before structured formations, relied on cheap, sturdy weapons such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Spear&quot;&gt;spears&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and billhooks in close combat and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow_(weapon)&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Bow (weapon)&quot;&gt;bows&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from a distance. As armies became more professional their equipment was standardized and infantry transitioned to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike_(weapon)&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Pike (weapon)&quot;&gt;pikes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in conjunction with smaller side-arms (short sword).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;In Eastern and Middle Eastern warfare similar tactics were developed independent of European influences.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;The introduction of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Gunpowder&quot;&gt;gunpowder&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from the Far East at the end of this period revolutionized warfare. Formations of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musketeers&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Musketeers&quot;&gt;musketeers&lt;/a&gt;, protected by&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikemen&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Pikemen&quot;&gt;pikemen&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;came to dominate open battles, and the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cannon&quot;&gt;cannon&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;replaced the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Trebuchet&quot;&gt;trebuchet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;as the dominant&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Siege weapon&quot;&gt;siege weapon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=5&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Early modern&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Early_modern&quot;&gt;Early modern&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;table class=&quot;metadata plainlinks ambox ambox-content ambox-over_coverage&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #fbfbfb; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(242, 133, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 10px; border-right-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10%; margin-right: 10%; margin-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;mbox-image&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;width: 52px;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Globe icon&quot; height=&quot;40&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_globe_content.svg/48px-Ambox_globe_content.svg.png&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;48&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;mbox-text&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0.25em; padding-left: 0.5em; padding-right: 0.5em; padding-top: 0.25em; width: 569px;&quot;&gt;The examples and perspective in this article or section might have an extensive&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Countering_systemic_bias&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; color: #0645ad; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias&quot;&gt;bias&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;or disproportional coverage towards one or more specific regions. Please&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;external text&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: url(data:image/png; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; color: #3366bb; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 13px; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;improve this article&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or discuss the issue on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; color: #0645ad; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Talk:Weapon&quot;&gt;talk page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;The European&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Renaissance&quot;&gt;Renaissance&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;marked the beginning of the implementation of firearms in western warfare.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Gun&quot;&gt;Guns&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Rocket&quot;&gt;rockets&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were introduced to the battlefield.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Firearm&quot;&gt;Firearms&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are qualitatively different from earlier weapons because they release energy from combustible&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propellant&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Propellant&quot;&gt;propellants&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;such as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Gunpowder&quot;&gt;gunpowder&lt;/a&gt;, rather than from a counter-weight or spring. This energy is released very rapidly and can be replicated without much effort by the user. Therefore even early firearms such as the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arquebus&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Arquebus&quot;&gt;arquebus&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were much more&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_(physics)&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Power (physics)&quot;&gt;powerful&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;than human-powered weapons. Firearms became increasingly important and effective during the 16th century to 19th century, with progressive improvements in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock_(firearm)&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Lock (firearm)&quot;&gt;ignition mechanisms&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;followed by revolutionary changes in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammunition&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Ammunition&quot;&gt;ammunition&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;handling and propellant. During the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Civil_War&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;U.S. Civil War&quot;&gt;U.S. Civil War&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;various technologies including the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Machine gun&quot;&gt;machine gun&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironclad_warship&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Ironclad warship&quot;&gt;ironclad warship&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;emerged that would be recognizable and useful military weapons today, particularly in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_war&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Limited war&quot;&gt;limited conflicts&lt;/a&gt;. In the 19th century&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warship&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Warship&quot;&gt;warship&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;propulsion changed from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sail&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Sail&quot;&gt;sail power&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Fossil fuel&quot;&gt;fossil fuel&lt;/a&gt;-powered&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_engine&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Steam engine&quot;&gt;steam engines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 1.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; 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style=&quot;background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;220&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prussian_bayonet_clean.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0645ad; display: block; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; src=&quot;http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayonet&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Bayonet&quot;&gt;bayonet&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is used as both&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knife&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Knife&quot;&gt;knife&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polearm&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Polearm&quot;&gt;polearm&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;The age of edged weapons ended abruptly just before&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;World War I&quot;&gt;World War I&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;with rifled&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Artillery&quot;&gt;artillery&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howitzer&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Howitzer&quot;&gt;Howitzers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were able to destroy masonry fortresses and other fortifications. This single invention caused a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution_in_Military_Affairs&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Revolution in Military Affairs&quot;&gt;Revolution in Military Affairs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(RMA) and established tactics and doctrine that are still in use today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;See&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_during_World_War_I&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Technology during World War I&quot;&gt;Technology during World War I&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a detailed discussion.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;An important feature of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_age&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Industrial age&quot;&gt;industrial age&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;warfare was&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_escalation&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Technological escalation&quot;&gt;technological escalation&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- innovations were rapidly matched through replication or countered by yet another innovation. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_during_World_War_I&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Technology during World War I&quot;&gt;technological escalation during World War I&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(WW I) was profound, producing armed&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Aircraft&quot;&gt;aircraft&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Tank&quot;&gt;tanks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;This continued in the inter-war period (between WW I and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_escalation_during_World_War_II&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Technological escalation during World War II&quot;&gt;WW II&lt;/a&gt;) with continuous evolution of all weapon systems by all major industrial powers. Many modern military weapons, particularly ground-based ones, are relatively minor improvements of weapon systems developed during&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;World War II&quot;&gt;World War II&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;See&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_technology_during_World_War_II&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Military technology during World War II&quot;&gt;military technology during World War II&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for a detailed discussion.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=6&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Modern&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Modern&quot;&gt;Modern&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumb tright&quot; style=&quot;background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1.3em; margin-left: 1.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #f9f9f9; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; font-size: 12px; min-width: 100px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: center; width: 222px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;image&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vickers_IWW.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;thumbimage&quot; height=&quot;151&quot; src=&quot;http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vickers_IWW.jpg/220px-Vickers_IWW.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;220&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot; style=&quot;border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; font-size: 11px; line-height: 1.4em; padding-bottom: 3px !important; padding-left: 3px !important; padding-right: 3px !important; padding-top: 3px !important; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;magnify&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; float: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;internal&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vickers_IWW.jpg&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; color: #0645ad; display: block; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Enlarge&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;11&quot; src=&quot;http://bits.wikimedia.org/skins-1.18/common/images/magnify-clip.png&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: initial !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial; display: block; vertical-align: middle;&quot; width=&quot;15&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Vickers machine gun&quot;&gt;Vickers&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;was the successor to the&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim_gun&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Maxim gun&quot;&gt;Maxim gun&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and remained in British military service for 79 consecutive years.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Since the mid-18th century North American French-Indian war through the beginning of the 20th century, human-powered weapons were reduced from the primary weaponry of the battlefield yielding to gunpowder-based weaponry. Sometimes referred to as the &quot;Age of Rifles&quot;,&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-9&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-9&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;10&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;this period was characterized by the development of firearms for infantry and cannons for support, as well as the beginnings of mechanized weapons such as the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_gun&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Machine gun&quot;&gt;machine gun&lt;/a&gt;, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Tank&quot;&gt;tank&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and the wide introduction of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Aircraft&quot;&gt;aircraft&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;into&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_during_World_War_I&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Technology during World War I&quot;&gt;warfare&lt;/a&gt;, including naval warfare with the introduction of the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Aircraft carrier&quot;&gt;aircraft carriers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;World War I&quot;&gt;World War I&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;marked the entry of fully industrialized warfare as well as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_mass_destruction&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Weapons of mass destruction&quot;&gt;weapons of mass destruction&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(e.g. chemical and biological), and weapons were developed quickly to meet wartime needs. Above all it promised to the military commanders the independence from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Horse&quot;&gt;horse&lt;/a&gt;and the resurgence in&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maneuver_warfare&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Maneuver warfare&quot;&gt;maneuver warfare&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;through extensive use of motor vehicles. The changes that these&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_technology_during_World_War_II&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Military technology during World War II&quot;&gt;military technologies&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;underwent before and during the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;World War II&quot;&gt;Second World War&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;were evolutionary, but defined the development for the rest of the century.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;World War II however, perhaps marked the most frantic period of weapons development in the history of humanity. Massive numbers of new designs and concepts were fielded, and all existing technologies were improved between 1939 and 1945. The most powerful weapon invented during this period was the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bomb&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Atomic bomb&quot;&gt;atomic bomb&lt;/a&gt;, however many more weapons influenced the world in different ways.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=7&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Nuclear age and beyond&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Nuclear_age_and_beyond&quot;&gt;Nuclear age and beyond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;Since the realization of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutually_Assured_Destruction&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Mutually Assured Destruction&quot;&gt;Mutually Assured Destruction&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(MAD), the nuclear option of all-out war is no longer considered a survivable scenario. During the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Cold War&quot;&gt;Cold War&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in the years following&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;World War II&quot;&gt;World War II&lt;/a&gt;, both the United States and the former Soviet Union engaged in a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Nuclear arms race&quot;&gt;nuclear arms race&lt;/a&gt;. Each country and their allied blocks continually attempted to out-develop each other in the field of nuclear armaments. Once the joint technological capabilities reached the point of being able to ensure the destruction of the entire planet (see&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutually_Assured_Destruction&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Mutually Assured Destruction&quot;&gt;Mutually Assured Destruction&lt;/a&gt;) then a new tactic had to be developed. With this realization, armaments development funding shifted back to primarily sponsoring the development of conventional arms technologies for support of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_war&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Limited war&quot;&gt;limited wars&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;rather than nuclear war.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-NuclearDefunding_10-0&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-NuclearDefunding-10&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;11&lt;span&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=8&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Classification&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Classification&quot;&gt;Classification&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=9&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: By user&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;By_user&quot;&gt;By user&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;dl style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;&quot;&gt;&lt;dd style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;- what person or unit uses the weapon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Personal weapon&quot;&gt;Personal weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_arms&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Small arms&quot;&gt;small arms&lt;/a&gt;) - designed to be used by a single person.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Hunting weapon&quot;&gt;Hunting weapon&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- primarily for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Hunting&quot;&gt;hunting&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_animal&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Game animal&quot;&gt;game animals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for food or sport&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_support_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Infantry support weapon&quot;&gt;Infantry support weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- larger than personal weapons, requiring two or more people to operate correctly.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fortification_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Category:Fortification weapons&quot;&gt;Fortification weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- mounted in a permanent installation, or used primarily within a fortification. Usually high caliber.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gun&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Mountain gun&quot;&gt;Mountain weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- for use by mountain forces or those operating in difficult terrain. This includes modifications of existing weapons for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratrooper&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Paratrooper&quot;&gt;paratroopers&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Vehicle_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Category:Vehicle weapons&quot;&gt;Vehicle weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- to be mounted on any type of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_vehicle&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Combat vehicle&quot;&gt;combat vehicle&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Railway weapon&quot;&gt;Railway weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- designed to be mounted on railway cars, including armored trains.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;List of aircraft weapons&quot;&gt;Aircraft weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- carried on and used by some type of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Aircraft&quot;&gt;aircraft&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Helicopter&quot;&gt;helicopter&lt;/a&gt;, or other aerial vehicle.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Naval_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Category:Naval weapons&quot;&gt;Naval weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- mounted on&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Ship&quot;&gt;ships&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Submarine&quot;&gt;submarines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Space weapon&quot;&gt;Space weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- are designed to be used in or launched from space.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=10&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: By function&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;By_function&quot;&gt;By function&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;dl style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;&quot;&gt;&lt;dd style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;- the construction of the weapon and principle of operation&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Antimatter weapon&quot;&gt;Antimatter weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(theoretical) would combine matter and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimatter&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Antimatter&quot;&gt;antimatter&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to cause a powerful explosion.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Archery&quot;&gt;Archery&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;weapons operate by using a tensioned string and bent solid to launch a projectile.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Artillery&quot;&gt;Artillery&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are firearms capable of launching heavy projectiles over long distances, which can explode on impact.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Biological weapon&quot;&gt;Biological weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;spread biological agents, causing disease or infection.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Chemical weapon&quot;&gt;Chemical weapons&lt;/a&gt;, poisoning and causing reactions.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Energy weapon&quot;&gt;Energy weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;rely on concentrating forms of energy to attack, such as lasers or sonic attack.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Explosive weapon&quot;&gt;Explosive weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;use a physical explosion to create blast concussion or spread&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel_shell&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Shrapnel shell&quot;&gt;shrapnel&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Firearms&quot;&gt;Firearms&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;use a chemical charge to launch projectiles.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Improvised weapons&quot;&gt;Improvised weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are common objects, reused as weapons, such as crowbars and kitchen knives.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incendiary_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Incendiary weapon&quot;&gt;Incendiary weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;cause damage by fire.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-lethal_force&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Non-lethal force&quot;&gt;Non-lethal weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are designed to subdue without killing.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Magnetic weapon&quot;&gt;Magnetic weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;use magnetic fields to propel projectiles, or to focus particle beams.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AAl%C3%A9e_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Mêlée weapon&quot;&gt;Mêlée weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;operate as physical extensions of the user&#39;s body and directly impact their target.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Missile&quot;&gt;Missiles&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are rockets which are guided to their target after launch. (Also a general term for&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Projectile&quot;&gt;projectile&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;weapons).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Nuclear weapon&quot;&gt;Nuclear weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;use radioactive materials to create&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fission&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Nuclear fission&quot;&gt;nuclear fission&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and/or&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Nuclear fusion&quot;&gt;nuclear fusion&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;detonations.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Primitive_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Category:Primitive weapons&quot;&gt;Primitive weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;make little or no use of technological or industrial elements.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranged_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Ranged weapon&quot;&gt;Ranged weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(unlike&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%AAl%C3%A9e_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Mêlée weapon&quot;&gt;Mêlée weapons&lt;/a&gt;), target a distant object or person.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Rocket&quot;&gt;Rockets&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;use chemical propellant to accelerate a projectile&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Suicide weapon&quot;&gt;Suicide weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;exploit the willingness of their operator to not survive the attack.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_horse_(business)&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Trojan horse (business)&quot;&gt;Trojan weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;appear on face value to be gifts, though the intent is to in some way harm the recipient.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h3 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: black; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0.3em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=11&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: By target&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;By_target&quot;&gt;By target&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;dl style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.2em;&quot;&gt;&lt;dd style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.1em; margin-left: 1.6em;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;- the type of target the weapon is designed to attack&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dl&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; list-style-image: url(data:image/png; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.3em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aircraft&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Anti-aircraft&quot;&gt;Anti-aircraft&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;weapons target missiles and aerial vehicles in flight.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fortification_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Anti-fortification weapon&quot;&gt;Anti-fortification weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are designed to target enemy installations.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-personnel_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Anti-personnel weapon&quot;&gt;Anti-personnel weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are designed to attack people, either individually or in numbers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-radiation_missile&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Anti-radiation missile&quot;&gt;Anti-radiation&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;weapons target sources of electronic radiation, particularly radar emitters.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-satellite_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Anti-satellite weapon&quot;&gt;Anti-satellite weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;target orbiting satellites.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anti-ship_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Category:Anti-ship weapons&quot;&gt;Anti-ship weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;target ships and vessels on water.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-submarine_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Anti-submarine weapon&quot;&gt;Anti-submarine weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;target submarines and other underwater targets.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Anti-tank weapon&quot;&gt;Anti-tank weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are designed to defeat armored targets.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;mw-redirect&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_denial_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Area denial weapons&quot;&gt;Area denial weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;target territory, making it unsafe or unsuitable for enemy use or travel.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_weapon&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Hunting weapon&quot;&gt;Hunting weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are civilian weapons used to hunt animals.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0.1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Infantry_support_weapons&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Category:Infantry support weapons&quot;&gt;Infantry support weapons&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are designed to attack various threats to infantry units.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;editsection&quot; style=&quot;float: right; font-size: 13px; margin-left: 5px;&quot;&gt;[&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Weapon&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;section=12&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Edit section: Legislation&quot;&gt;edit&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;mw-headline&quot; id=&quot;Legislation&quot;&gt;Legislation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.4em;&quot;&gt;In the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;European Union&quot;&gt;European Union&lt;/a&gt;, the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;new&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Council_Directive_91/477/EEC&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #ba0000; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Council Directive 91/477/EEC (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;Council Directive 91/477/EEC&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons. defines &#39;weapon&#39; as any&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;Firearm&quot;&gt;firearm&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;as defined in the Directive and weapons other than firearms as defined in national legislation. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;new&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=European_firearms_pass&amp;amp;action=edit&amp;amp;redlink=1&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #ba0000; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;European firearms pass (page does not exist)&quot;&gt;European firearms pass&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a document which is issued on request by the authorities of a Member State to a person lawfully entering into possession of and using a firearm. It shall be valid for a maximum period of five years. The period of validity may be extended. The &#39;European firearms pass&#39; is a&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class=&quot;extiw&quot; href=&quot;http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/transferable&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #3366bb; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;&quot; title=&quot;wikt:transferable&quot;&gt;non-transferable&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;document, on which shall be entered the firearm or firearms possessed and used by the holder of the pass. The pass must always be in the possession of the person using the firearm. Changes in the possession or characteristics of the firearms shall be indicated on the pass, as well as the loss or theft of the firearm.&lt;sup class=&quot;reference&quot; id=&quot;cite_ref-11&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal; line-height: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon#cite_note-11&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;color: #0645ad;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;12&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;&quot;&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h2 style=&quot;background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; padding-bottom: 0.17em; padding-top: 0.5em; width: auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Without electricity it likes we cannot live in our world....&lt;br /&gt;
But sounds like crazy yeah?????&lt;br /&gt;
But it is true that is we just live with electricity beside us...&lt;br /&gt;
So don&#39;t be use electricity so much or it will be helpless to do....&lt;br /&gt;
With this to our world........&lt;br /&gt;
Me.....Black</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/feeds/1196586295529494417/comments/default' title='Posting Komentar'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-about-now.html#comment-form' title='1 Komentar'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7095766332309240406/posts/default/1196586295529494417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7095766332309240406/posts/default/1196586295529494417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://blackknight-dragon.blogspot.com/2011/10/what-about-now.html' title='What About Now....'/><author><name>Black</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15193363217198823026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVeGjePMgAGfHgCBPcb0l9q-2d53L8p8UM0H181CNi2aZ1O6w1fvZCA4Te5pV5qxzT9TT9v0r2QYJnmx0tylrw2Qvuk4doRayFxnL6EcKLTx-y34l-ko9FKM5mNpjuTA/s220/Black+dragon.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>Gresik, Indonesia</georss:featurename><georss:point>-7.1607647000000014 112.64705479999998</georss:point><georss:box>-7.1837392000000015 112.62732179999998 -7.1377902000000013 112.66678779999998</georss:box></entry></feed>