A sling is a projectile weapon typically used to hand-throw a blunt projectile such as a stone, clay, or lead "sling-bullet". It is also known as the shepherd's...
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Slinger is an anti-drone weapon system developed by Electro Optic Systems (EOS) of Symonston. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. It was introduced...
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delayed its operational date to 2017. On 21 December 2015, the David's Sling Weapon System (DSWS) demonstrated its ability to destroy salvos of heavy long-range...
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Sling (cannon), an early modern gunpowder weapon Sling (climbing), a loop of webbing that can be wrapped around rock or tied to other equipment Sling...
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Early ranged weapons often included specifically designed hand-thrown weapons such as darts, javelins, slings, as well as elastic weapons such as slingshots...
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classified as cold weapons but as firearms. List of melee weapons List of ranged weapons Coilgun Hawaiian sling Polespear Look up cold weapon in Wiktionary...
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HMS Slinger, three Royal Navy ships Slinger (weapon system), an Australian-made anti-drone weapon system Balearic slinger Joey Slinger (born 1943), Canadian journalist...
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A sling blade or kaiser blade is a heavy, hooked, steel blade at the end of a long (around 100-centimetre (40 in)) handle that is usually made of wood...
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Bullet-shooting crossbow Slingshot Slings Boomerang Blowgun Shuriken Chakram Firearm Taser Ballistic knife Chain weapons Whips Ropes Tabak-Toyok Slapjack...
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design, this sling design has two connection points that attach to the front and rear of the weapon, and allows the shooter to carry the weapon over their...
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Bow and arrow (redirect from Bow (weapon))
and used in the current distance record for the furthest arrow shot. Sling (weapon) Slingshot Worshipful Company of Fletchers Paterson Encyclopaedia of...
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In this weapon, the wooden shaft gave nearly the same mechanical advantage as a sling. In effect, each sling bolt came with a one-time sling. Another...
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three barrel hand cannon Shou Chong Tu Huo Qiang Slings Kestros Sling Stave sling Throwing weapons Chakram Francisca Kunai Nzappa zap Shuriken Throwing...
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Bow (weapon) Boomerang Cutlass Hunting sword Crossbow Harpoon (for hunting marine mammals and Florida alligators) Muzzleloader Spear Slingshot Sling (weapon)...
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blunt weapons such as maces, and with pointed weapons such as spears. Many edged agricultural tools such as machetes, hatchets, axes, sickles, sling blades...
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the Wayback Machine was now their more characteristic sling weapon for military purposes, a weapon largely employed by all muslim forces around the Mediterranean...
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hooks, c. 23,000 years ago. Domestication of animals, c. 15,000 BC Sling (weapon) c. 9th millennium BC Microliths c. 9th millennium BC Brick used for...
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in 2010. Varieties of Javanese keris. Weapons of Java: Machetes, maces, bow and arrows, blowpipe, sling. Weapon of Java: Keris. Short swords, shields...
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Catapult (category Projectile weapons)
List of siege engines Mangonel Mass driver National Catapult Contest Sling (weapon) SPBG Trebuchet Lewis established a lower date of no later than the...
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Balearic slingers, indigenous to the Balearic Islands, were warriors from ancient times famed for their mastery in the art of using the sling. They also...
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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...
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Pike (weapon) Partisan (weapon) Sabre Spear Sword Munitions are weapons and ordnance that inflict damage through impact. Bow (weapon) Crossbow Sling (weapon)...
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Reciprocating motion Simple harmonic motion § Uniform circular motion Sling (weapon) Knudsen, Jens M.; Hjorth, Poul G. (2000). Elements of Newtonian mechanics:...
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Shooting (category Projectile weapons)
Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of...
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A signature weapon (or trademark weapon or weapon of choice) is one commonly identified with a certain group or, in the case of literature, epic poems...
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singer-songwriter Clairo, released on July 12, 2024. The follow-up to her second album, Sling (2021), it is her first self-released studio album after her previous two...
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A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage. Whether they will be deployed as practical, high-performance military...
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with a bow. Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a kender pickpocket. He fights with a sling weapon known as a hoopak. Riverwind, Goldmoon's betrothed. He is a noble and...
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siege engine. It is commonly depicted as a catapult with a bowl, bucket, or sling at the end of its throwing arm. The onager was first mentioned in 353 AD...
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were the most common weapon. Other commonplace weapons included the sword, axe, and knife—however, bows and arrows, as well as slings, were not frequently...
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