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The Sedgley OSS is a single-shot, break-action, smoothbore .38 Special pistol which was designed by Stanley M. Haight for the Office of Naval Intelligence. It was meant as a covert operation and assassination weapon in the Pacific Theater. It was mounted on the back of a cowhide glove; a long-sleeved coat would usually be worn to hide the weapon.
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
A gauntlet is a type of glove that protects the hand and wrist of a combatant. Gauntlets were used particularly in Europe between the early fourteenth century and the early modern period and were often constructed of hardened leather or metal plates. Gauntlets, which cover the hands, wrists, and sometimes forearms, are not to be confused with ...
An assault gun (from German: Sturmgeschütz, lit. 'storm gun', meaning "assault gun") [1] is a type of self-propelled artillery [2] which uses an infantry support gun mounted on a motorized chassis, normally an armored fighting vehicle, [3] which are designed to provide direct fire support for infantry attacks, especially against other infantry ...
Japanese armour. Ō-yoroi, Kamakura period, 13th-14th century, National Treasure, Kasuga Grand Shrine. Scholars agree that Japanese armour first appeared in the 4th century, with the discovery of the cuirass and basic helmets in graves. [1] During the Heian period (794-1185), the unique Japanese samurai armour ō-yoroi and dō-maru appeared. [2]
The fire lance ( simplified Chinese: 火枪; traditional Chinese: 火槍; pinyin: huǒqiāng; lit. 'fire spear') was a gunpowder weapon and the ancestor of modern firearms. [1] It first appeared in 10th–12th century China and was used to great effect during the Jin-Song Wars. It began as a small pyrotechnic device attached to a polearm weapon ...
Blunderbuss. A flintlock blunderbuss, built for Tipu Sultan [1] The blunderbuss is a 17th- to mid-19th-century firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is commonly flared at the muzzle, to help aid in the loading of shot and other projectiles of relevant quantity or caliber. The blunderbuss is commonly considered to be an early ...
Tanegashima ( 種子島), most often called in Japanese and sometimes in English hinawajū ( 火縄銃, "matchlock gun"), was a type of matchlock -configured [1] arquebus [2] firearm introduced to Japan through the Portuguese Empire in 1543. [3] It was used by the samurai class and their ashigaru "foot soldiers", and within a few years its ...