Weapon Types and Examples (WIP)

Weapon type followed by examples

Personal weapons (or small arms) are designed to be used by a single person.
Limited lethality weapons (Used to subdue an opponent with a lower risk of death when properly used)
Baton
Stun gun
Edged Weapons
Knife
Sword
Bludgeoning Weapons
Metal Knuckles
Hammer
Club
Mace
Chopping Weapons
Axe
Halbert
Penetrating Weapons
Spear
Pike
Bow
Crossbow
Firearms
Handguns (Revolver, semi-automatic pistol, full-automatic pistol)
Long Guns (Muzzle-loader, Breech-loader, carbine, rifle, sniper rifle)
Fully Automatic Weapons (Sub-machine gun, assault rifle, light machine gun)
Shotguns (Break action, pump action, semi-automatic, fully-automatic)
Grenade Launchers (Shoulder-fired, Attachment under barrel, Muzzle-fired, semi-automatic)

Infantry support weapons (larger than personal weapons, requiring more than one person to operate)
Light machine gun
Medium Machine gun
Grenade Launchers (fully-automatic)
Mortars

Fortification weapons (designed to be mounted in a permanent installation, or used primarily within a fortification)
Artillery Cannons
Artillery Mortars

Vehicle weapons (designed to be mounted on any type of military vehicle)

Railway weapons (designed to be mounted on railway cars, including armored trains)

Aircraft weapons (designed to be carried on and used by some type of aircraft, helicopter, or other aerial vehicle)
Aircraft mounted guns
Air-dropped bombs
Air-launched missiles
Air-launched rockets
Air-launched torpedoes

Naval weapons (designed to be mounted on ships and submarines)
Naval ram
Main battery
Depth charge
Vertical launching system

Space weapons (designed to be used in or launched from space)
Orbital weaponry

Starship weapons (designed to be mounted on starships)

Weapons are divided into four categories based on damage type. Kinetic weapons, directed energy weapons, chemical weapons and biological weapons.


Weapon damage type followed by example

Kinetic (Physical)
Bludgeoning - Blunt weapons, hammers
Slashing - Bladed weapons, swords
Piercing - Pointed weapons and projectile weapons, spears and guns
[*]Concussive - Explosives

Directed Energy
[*]Charged Particles - Plasma, Ion
[*]Matter Disruptors - Molecular Disruptor, Atomic Disruptor, Sub-atomic Disruptor, Gravimetric Weapons, Sonic Weapons
[*]Thermal - Laser, Fire, Plasma

Chemical
[*]Corrosive - Acid

Biological