small weapons (guns, machine guns, portable weapons, etc.)
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Small arms Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
small arms
small arms, muskets, rifles, pistols, etc., in distinction from cannon...
see small
Noun
1. a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
(synonym) firearm, piece
(hypernym) gun
(hyponym) autoloader, self-loader
(part-meronym) firing pin
Small arms Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
Man portable, individual, and crew-served weapon systems used mainly against personnel and lightly armored or unarmored equipment.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Small arms Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Small arms is a term of art used by armed forces to denote infantry weapons an individual soldier may carry. The description is usually limited to revolvers, pistols, submachine guns, carbines, assault rifles, battle rifles, multiple barrel firearms, sniper rifles, squad automatic weapons, light machine guns (i.e. M60), and sometimes hand grenades. Shotguns, general-purpose machine guns, medium machine guns, and grenade launchers may be considered small arms or as support weapons, depending on the particular armed forces.
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Small arms Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
In December 1999, the United States and the EU agreed on an action plan on small arms. (See External dimension: United States)
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