Military technology and equipment - Definition and Overview

Martial arts

• Bo-jutsu
• Kung Fu
• Jujitsu
  • Judo
  • Aikido
  • Sumo
• Karate
• Sambo
• Wing Chun
• Capoeira
• Krav Maga
• Taekwondo
• List of martial arts weapons

Personal weapons (Melée)

• Club
  • baton
  • mace
  • nunchaku
  • quarterstaff and bo
  • war hammer
• pole weapon
  • axe
  • Spear
  • Pike
  • Bill
  • Ahlspiess
• Bow and archery
  • compound bow
  • Crossbow
  • longbow
• Knife
  • Dagger
    • Rondel
  • Bayonet
  • Machete
  • Sword and fencing
    • Long sword
    • Two handed sword
    • Rapier
    • sabre
    • falchion
    • scramasax
    • backsword
    • katana, wakizashi, tachi
• Sling
• Slingshot
• Okinawan weapon

Armor etc.

• bullet-proof vest
• chainmail
• Plate armour
• armour suit
• gambeson
• gas mask
• gauntlet
• shield

Small arms and firearms

• Gun gun fighting
  • pistol
    • Revolver
    • Pneumatic pistol
  • rifle
    • Long gun
    • semi-automatic rifle
      • garand
    • carbine
      • M1 Carbine
      • M4 Carbine
      • Colt Commando
  • shotgun
  • Machine-guns
    • Submachine gun
      • Uzi
      • MP5
      • MP7
      • FN P90
      • MAC-10
    • assault rifle
      • AK-47
      • AK-74
      • M16
      • AN-94
      • FAL
    • Squad assault weapon
      • M249
      • RPK74
      • M2 Browning
    • gatling gun
    • M61 Vulcan
  • Artillery
    • Mortar
      • M224 Mortar
    • Cannon
    • Howitzer
      • M109 howitzer

Medieval siege weaponry

• siege tower
• Catapult
• trebuchet
• ballista
• Battering ram
• Onager

Ammunition

• cartridge
  • bullet
  • percussion cap
  • 5.56 mm caliber = 0.22 inch
  • 7.62 mm caliber = 0.3 inch
  • 12.7 mm caliber = 0.5 inch
  • 25 mm caliber = 0.98 inch
  • 30 mm caliber = 1.18 inch
• shell
  • Shrapnel
• KE-penetrator
• grenade
  • Rocket propelled grenade
  • Molotov cocktail
• flexible baton round
• multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle
• bomb,
  • Naval mine
  • Landmine
    • Claymore mine
  • shaped charge
  • nuclear weapon
  • Thermobaric weapon
    • Daisy Cutter
  • Napalm
  • Greek fire
  • Fire balloon
  • Nerve agent
• Demolitions
  • Bangalore Torpedo
• Torpedo
• Missile
  • Intercontinental ballistic missile
  • Ballistic missile
    • National Missile Defense
    • Minuteman missile
    • SS-24 missile
    • SS-18 missile
    • Peacekeeper missile
    • Polaris missile
    • Poseidon missile
    • CSS-2 missile
    • Condor missile
    • Jericho missile
    • Trident missile
    • Blue Steel missile
    • Blue Streak missile
    • Skybolt ALBM
    • Scud missile
    • MGM-31 Pershing
    • V2 rocket
  • Air to air
    • AIM-120 AMRAAM
    • AIM-54 Phoenix
    • AIM-7 Sparrow
    • AIM-9 Sidewinder
    • Rafael Python 5
  • Air to ground
    • AGM-114 Hellfire
    • Hydra 70
  • Surface-to-air
    • Rapier missile
    • FIM-92 Stinger
  • Underwater to Surface
    • ASROC
  • Warhead
  • Cruise Missile
    • Tomahawk missile
    • V1 Flying Bomb
  • ATGM - anti tank guided missile
    • TOW
    • Gill\Spike
    • Javeline
  • satellite

Military units

• military engineer / Combat engineer / sapper
• Cavalry
• Infantry
  • Scout
  • Rifleman
  • Sniper
  • Hoplite
  • Macedonian phalanx
  • legion
  • Pikeman
  • Archer
• Surveillance
  • Radar
  • Sonar
• Military intelligence
• Uniform

Communications

• Radio
  • GPS
  • SINCGARS
  • RT-841
  • PRC-77
  • GRC-160
• cryptography

Military vehicles

• Armoured train
• Tanks/Panzers/Armour
  • main battle tank
    • Leclerc
    • M1 Abrams
    • M551 Sheridan
    • Merkava
    • Soviet tanks: T-34, T-55, T-72, T-80, T-90.
  • reactive armor
• Self-propelled artillery
  • AS-90
• Combat Engineering Vehicles (CEV)
  • IDF Armoured Caterpillar D9 Bulldozer
  • M9 Armored Combat Earthmover
  • bridgelaying tank
• Truck
  • Heavy Equipment Transporter System
  • Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
• Jeep
• Naval ships
  • Trireme
  • Q-ship
  • PT boat
  • Frigate
    • Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate
  • Destroyer
  • Cruiser
  • Battlecruiser
  • Battleship
  • Aircraft carrier
  • Escort aircraft carrier
    • Soviet aircraft carrier Kuznetsov
  • Amphibious assault ship
  • nuclear navy
• Submarine (also U-boat)
  • Attack submarines
    • Los Angeles class submarine
    • Sturgeon class submarine
    • Seawolf class submarine
  • Missile submarines
    • Benjamin Franklin class submarine
    • Ohio class submarine
    • Resolution class submarine
    • additonal ballistic missile submarines

Aircraft

(For a list of individual military aircraft types, see list of aircraft See also list of aircraft weapons for munitions carried by aircraft)

• Helicopter
• Bomber
  • Light bomber
  • V bomber
  • Torpedo bomber
• Fighter aircraft
  • Interceptor aircraft
  • Heavy fighter

Fortifications

• Fallout shelter
• Civil defense
• Medieval fortification
  • siege
  • gate
  • castle
  • curtain wall
  • city wall
  • tower

Doctrines

• military history
• war
  • Cold War
• military organizations
• Conventional warfare
• Strategy of technology-- How the U.S. won the Cold War
• navy
  • Modern Naval tactics
  • Carrier naval tactics
• army
• naval infantry
• marine
• Air force
  • Air superiority
• Nuclear war
  • Mutual assured destruction
  • Nuclear utilization target selection
  • Nuclear winter
• Arms control
• civil defense
  • Sabotage
• combined arms
• Medieval warfare
• Military tactics
  • Militia
  • Ambush
  • Crossfire
  • siege
  • Electronic warfare
  • Information warfare
• Biological warfare
• Espionage

See also

• Weapons
• War
• Armed forces
• Military science
• Militaria
• Individual lists:
  • List of ancient weapons
  • List of medieval weapons
  • List of modern weapons
  • List of firearms