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 soldiers. These weapons in pre-modern contexts tended to be melee weapons (i.e. blade weapons, polearms, bayonet or the officer's sword.) In modern contexts, this includes personal defense weapons and side arm firearms.

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

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Personal weapon

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