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Rank	Topic	Wikipedia views
1	Flamethrower	6,211
2	Handgun	4,983
3	Weapon	3,942
4	Rifle	3,565
5	Machine gun	3,557
6	Depleted uranium	2,847
7	Firearm	2,615
8	Ammunition	1,750
9	Non-lethal weapon	1,003
10	Lists of weapons	992
11	International Traffic in Arms Regulations	930
12	Rocket launcher	762
13	Military robot	506
14	Fragmentation (weaponry)	369
15	Multiple Barrel Firearm	356
16	Electromagnetic weapon	228
17	Weapons in science fiction	221
18	Salvo	201
19	Hunting weapon	201
20	Weapons engineering	179
21	Improvised weapons	177
22	Anti-personnel weapon	153
23	Army engineering maintenance	138
24	History of weapons	121
25	Conventional weapon	113
26	Explosive weapons	74
27	Peace-bonding	73
28	Nanoweapons	73
29	Ancillary weapon	17
30	Weaponry (radio program)	15
31	Target Acquisition Minefield Detection System	11
32	Anciens Etablissements Pieper	10
33	Lockheed Martin ALHTK	8
34	Autonomous weapon	7
35	Warfare system	less than 5 views

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Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 23, 2013 13:35 UTC (41 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The main article for this category is Weapons.

Weapons refer to any items designed or used to attack and kill or destroy other people and property. Most weapons are military in nature, but many are designed and used primarily by citizens. Some weapons are also usable as or originated from hunting tools; see Category:Hunting for these items.

Major classifications of weapons are by type, user, target, origin, and era.

Subcategories

This category has the following 62 subcategories, out of 62 total.

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[+] Weapons by country (68 C, 1 P)

A

[+] Aircraft weapons (6 C, 6 P)
[+] Ammunition (16 C, 159 P)
[+] Anti ballistic weapons (1 C, 3 P)
[+] Anti-aircraft weapons (8 C, 15 P)
[+] Anti-fortification weapons (2 C, 26 P)
[+] Anti-personnel weapons (1 C, 7 P)
[+] Anti-runway weapons (5 P)
[+] Anti-ship weapons (3 C, 4 P)
[+] Anti-tank weapons (11 C, 33 P)
[+] Area denial weapons (3 C, 30 P)
[+] Armouries (1 C, 2 P)
[+] Artillery (15 C, 8 P)

B

[+] Biological weapons (4 C, 40 P)
[+] Blade weapons (6 C, 223 P)
[+] Blunt weapons (3 C, 28 P)

C

[+] Explosive weapons (9 C, 51 P)
[+] Ceremonial weapons (2 C, 26 P)
[+] Chemical weapons (12 C, 15 P)
[+] Crew served weapons (4 C, 3 P)

E

[+] Energy weapons (3 C, 16 P)

F

[+] Fictional weapons (9 C, 27 P)
[+] Weapon fixtures (12 P)
[+] Fortification weapons (1 C, 3 P)

G

[+] Grenade launchers (1 C, 68 P)
[+] Weapon guidance (2 C, 13 P)
[+] Guided missiles (18 C, 21 P)

H

[+] Weapon history (8 C, 2 P)

I

[+] Incendiary weapons (3 C, 42 P)
[+] Infantry support weapons (5 C, 4 P)
[+] Insurgency weapons (6 P)

L

[+] Less-lethal weapons (6 C, 53 P)
[+] Lists of weapons (4 C, 81 P)

M

[+] Missile launchers (1 C)
[+] Mythological weapons (2 C, 19 P)

N

[+] Naval weapons (21 C, 13 P)
[+] Nuclear weapons (24 C, 140 P, 1 F)

O

[+] Weapon operation (2 C, 19 P)

P

[+] Personal weapons (14 C, 41 P)
[+] Pneumatic weapons (3 C, 31 P)
[+] Police weapons (6 C, 42 P)
[+] Primitive weapons (31 P)

P cont.

[+] Projectile weapons (3 C, 7 P)

R

[+] Railway weapons (1 C, 1 P)
[+] Recreational weapons (10 P)
[+] Riot control weapons (3 C, 11 P)
[+] Rocket weapons (8 C, 11 P)
[+] Rockets and missiles (12 C, 84 P)

S

[+] Salvo weapons (12 P)
[+] Siege weapons (1 C)
[+] Space weapons (2 C, 33 P)
[+] Strategic weapons (1 C)
[+] Suicide weapons (1 C, 6 P)
[+] Superweapons (3 C, 3 P)

T

[+] Throwing weapons (4 C, 15 P)
[+] Toy weapons (1 C, 27 P)
[+] Weapons trade (7 C, 2 P)

V

[+] Vehicle weapons (1 C, 27 P)

W

[+] Weapon stubs (3 C, 673 P)
[+] Weapons countermeasures (2 C, 41 P)
[+] Weapons in popular culture (3 C, 6 P)
[+] Weapons of mass destruction (5 C, 38 P)

Pages in category "Weapons"

The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).

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A

Ammunition
Ancillary weapon
Anti-personnel weapon
Army engineering maintenance
Wikipedia:Article incubator/Ancient artillery

C

Conventional weapon

D

Depleted uranium

E

F

I

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

L

Lockheed Martin ALHTK

P

Peace-bonding

S

Salvo

T

Target Acquisition Minefield Detection System

W

Categories: Military equipment by type | Military technology | Security | Causes of death | Tools | Destruction

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Pages in category "Weapons"

The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.

A

G

T

Tanks

Categories: Technology | War

1911 encyclopedia

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Wiktionary

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Subcategories

This category has the following 36 subcategories, out of 43 total.

E

[+] Explosives (4)

F

[+] Fictional weapons (0)
[+] Firearms (3)

S

[+] Spears (2)
[+] Swords (0)

a

[+] arn:Weapons (0)

c

[+] ca:Weapons (0)
[+] cs:Weapons (0)

d

[+] da:Weapons (0)
[+] de:Weapons (0)

e

[+] eo:Weapons (0)
[+] es:Weapons (1)

f

[+] fa:Weapons (0)
[+] fi:Weapons (0)
[+] fo:Weapons (0)
[+] fr:Weapons (0)

g

[+] gd:Weapons (0)
[+] gmh:Weapons (0)
[+] gni:Weapons (0)

h

[+] hsb:Weapons (0)
[+] hu:Weapons (0)
[+] hy:Weapons (0)

i

[+] io:Weapons (0)
[+] is:Weapons (1)

i cont.

[+] it:Weapons (0)

j

[+] ja:Weapons (1)

k

[+] kky:Weapons (1)
[+] kn:Weapons (0)

l

[+] la:Weapons (0)

m

[+] mk:Weapons (0)

n

[+] nah:Weapons (0)
[+] nci:Weapons (0)
[+] non:Weapons (0)

r

[+] rom:Weapons (0)
[+] ru:Weapons (0)

s

[+] scn:Weapons (0)

Entries in category “Weapons”

The following 164 pages are in this category, out of 177 total.

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weapon

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C

D

Damascus barrel

F

Fat Man

G

H

H-bomb

I

ICBM
IRBM

J

Jungle Carbine

K

Kalashnikov

L

LRBM

M

MRBM
Mauser

N

NBC

P

R

S

T

Thompson submachine gun

W

a

b

b cont.

c

d

e

ear dagger

f

g

h

i

improvised explosive device

j

javelin

k

l

m

m cont.

n

o

over and under

p

q

r

s

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