Special Weapons and Systems
A list for weapons and applicable systems not fitting nicely into any other category.
The AN/TPQ-36 Fire finder radar system is used to locate the origin of enemy fire - be it artillery or mortar. The system is ...
1984
The Arges Type HG 84 series anti-personnel fragmentation hand grenade is Austrian in nature. It is a conventional hand grenad...
1987
The AS Val is a specialized automatic firearm of Soviet-era origin - essentially an assault rifle weapon system with a perman...
1720
The Blunderbuss (born of the Dutch word "Donderbus", appropriately meaning "Thunder Pipe" or "Thunder Gun") came to prominenc...
1921
Very few machine guns in the history of the world own a legacy such as that of famous the Browning M2 heavy machine gun serie...
2008
The Brugger & Thomet GL-06 is a single-shot, reusable grenade launcher originating from Switzerland. The small firm of Brugge...
1968
The US military attempted - through several notable endeavors - to provide a capable squad-level repeating grenade launcher d...
1969
The M203 40mm grenade launcher is a single-shot system that was designed to be attached under the barrel of an assault rifle ...
1999
The Denel PAW-20 "Neopup" ("Personal Area Weapon, 20mm") of South African origin is a unique and advanced 20mm semi-automatic...
2004
Fabrique National developed the FN Special Police Rifle (SPR) from the successful and highly regarded Winchester Model 70 ser...
1943
Unlike the American, German and Soviet armies of World War 2, the British Army was never as large a proponent of the man-port...
1935
The crew-portable flamethrower came into prominence on the modern battlefield in World War 1 (1914-1918), intended to break t...
1941
All major powers of World War 2 fielded some sort of man-portable flamethrower (or "flame projector") during the conflict - t...
1942
Origins of the FP-45 single-shot pistol place it as an initiative by the US Army, intending to arm clandestine and resistance...
1861
Richard Gatling patented his ferocious weapon in the early 1860s and the type was subsequently used in the American Civil War...
1965
The General Electric GAU-17/A "minigun" represents the crew-served version of the Vietnam-era General Electric M134 helicopte...
1965
The US Army General Electric M134 minigun six-barrel 7.62mm gatling gun was a derivative of the original General Electric M61...
2006
The 40mm single-shot, breech-loading Heckler & Koch HK AG36 ("Anbaugranatwerfer 36") was designed as a possible grenade-launc...
1983
It seems that the US military has long been attempting to convince itself of a full-automatic shotgun combat system for close...
2001
By and large, submachine gun class weapons were largely designed around existing pistol-type cartridges which, for their time...
2012
The futuristic Heckler & Koch HK XM25 IAWS (Individual Airburst Weapon System) is a semi-automatic, multiple-shot, shoulder-f...
2003
The Heckler & Koch HK XM8 was an experimental modular assault rifle system that underwent trials with the US Army in an effor...
1983
A West German requirement initiated in the 1960s called for a single-shot, grenade launching weapon to be fitted under the ba...
2010
The United States Army has selected the single-shot 40mm HK M320 GLM ("Grenade Launcher Module") as its replacement for the v...
1975
Improvised Explosive Devices ("IED") are in-the-field detonating devices designed to specifically injure, harass or kill indi...
The individual water purification system provides the infantryman the ability to remove or destroy contaminants from all wate...
1967
The AGS-17 "Plamya" (or "Flame") is a Soviet-produced automatic grenade launcher similar in scope to the American Mk 19 serie...
1941
There are many ways in which to decimate one's enemy - arguably one of the most terrible being fire. Fire has remained a fear...
1960
The M18 Claymore anti-personnel mine was specifically designed to kill or maim enemy ground troops approaching a position fro...
1943
The M2 flamethrower served as the standard flamethrower of the US military during and after World War 2, replacing the M1 and...
2003
Recent American combat actions in Iraq have once again brought a focus concerning the warfighter in an urban environment. The...
1961
Throughout the Cold War, the Soviet Union served as the potential enemy to Europe and the US military, in large part, was cha...
2006
The M32 MGL (Multiple Grenade Launcher) is currently in trials with the United States Marine Corps in the Iraqi Theater of Wa...
1971
The M67 is a fragmentation-based hand-grenade utilized to supplement infantry actions in the field. The hand grenade concept ...
1961
The M79 was a standard single-shot, squad-support weapon that made its initial appearance with American troops during the Vie...
1917
The Mk 1 series fragmentation hand grenade was issued to American troops and led a rather short operational service tenure wi...
2004
The Mk 14 Mod 0 EBR (Enhanced Battle Rifle) is an evolution of the original M14 Battle Rifle of the 1960s and 1970s and has s...
1915
The Stielhandgranate was the quintessential hand grenade of the German Army in both World War 1 and World War 2. The type bec...
1981
The ARWEN 37 anti-riot weapon was designed in the late 1970's, ultimately reaching production in the early 1980's. The system...
1940
RPG-40 (ruchnaya protivotankovaya granata, translating to "hand-held tank grenade") was a standard anti-tank hand grenade uti...
1943
In June of 1941, the German Army invaded the Soviet Union through "Operation Barbarossa" beginning the East Front which would...
1967
Design of the Mk 19 system began in 1966 by the Naval Ordnance Center out of Louisville with the required evaluations followi...
The Type 2 was a weapon system in service with the Imperial Japanese Army by the time of World War 2. The system attached to ...
1912
Like most other medium support machine systems born around the turn of the century, the British Vickers Medium Machine Gun or...
1939
The Welrod was designed in the early part of World War 2 after a very short development period by the British War Office. The...
1968
The XM174 was an experimental 40mm automatic grenade launcher born from the fighting during the Vietnam War. The design emerg...
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