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. 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 Germany 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 Deadly Directed-energy Explosive Firearm Hunting Improvised Incendiary Martial arts Mass destruction Non-lethal Offensive Personal Pneumatic Space Tectonic Torpedo Toy
Other	Arsenal Industry Mount Criminal possession Science fiction

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Personal weapon

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