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A bladed weapon is a weapon with a blade. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. A. Axes‎ (4 C, 49 P) B ...
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile ), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
Ballistic knife. A ballistic knife is a knife with a detachable blade that can be ejected to a distance of several meters / yards by pressing a trigger or operating a lever or switch on the handle. [ 1][ 2] Spring-powered ballistic knives first appeared in books and press reports on Soviet and Eastern Bloc armed forces in the late 1970s.
Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or Saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
A federal judge who previously overturned California's three-decade-old ban on assault weapons did it again on Thursday, ruling that the state's attempts to prohibit sales of semiautomatic guns ...
Edged and bladed weapons. An edged weapon, [ 1] or bladed weapon, [citation needed] is a melee weapon with a cutting edge. [ 2][better source needed] Bladed weapons include swords, daggers, knives, and bayonets. Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing.
A three-judge panel in the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stay of U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez's June 4 order, after California officials had appealed the federal judge's decision ...
The Panzerstecher ("armour stabber") is a German and East European weapon with a long, edgeless blade of square or triangular cross-section for penetrating armour. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Early models were either two-handers or "hand-and-a-half" hilted, [ 44 ] while later 16th and 17th century models (also known as koncerz ) were one-handed and ...