Personal weapon

Semi-automatic pistol Grand Power K100 Target produced in Slovakia - an example of a personal firearm.

Collection of early modern swords (17th to 18th centuries) at the George F. Harding Collection of Arms and Armor, the Art Institute of Chicago.

A personal weapon or ordnance weapon is a weapon that is issued to an individual member of a military or paramilitary unit, e.g. to individual infantry soldiers, but also side arms carried by officers or other personnel.

These weapons in pre-modern contexts tend to be melee weapons (blade weapons or polearms), and in modern contexts usually firearms, but also blade weapons such as the bayonet or the officer's sword.

Weapons

History	Premodern combat Middle Ages American Civil War World War I Chemical Germany Infantry World War II France Italy Soviet Union United Kingdom United States Korean War Vietnam War

Types	Aircraft Ancillary Anti-aircraft Anti-ballistic Anti-personnel Anti-tank Area denial Artillery Biological Chemical Ceremonial Combat vehicle Conventional Crew-served Cyber Directed-energy Explosive Firearm Hunting Improvised Incendiary Mass destruction Non-lethal Offensive Personal Pneumatic Space Tectonic Toy

Other	Arsenal Industry Mount Possession Criminal possession Science fiction

Personal weapon

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