as in firearm
a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
the soldiers keep their small arms securely in their holsters when not on patrol
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Also, a slew of small arms from Libya penetrated the black market in the 2010s, experts say.
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Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
Opening last October, the $41 million facility includes, among other things, a 21-lane indoor small arms range and video training simulators.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
Officials in Jordan intercepted several shipments of small arms and explosives in the past year that had been smuggled into the country, intended for recipients in the West Bank, according to two Middle Eastern intelligence officials with detailed knowledge of the events.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
The aid package — the final of 2023 — will include arms and equipment, including air defense munitions, anti-armor munitions, ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, and more than 15 million rounds of small arms ammunition, a State Department spokesperson said to CBS News.
—S. Dev, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
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Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
Opening last October, the $41 million facility includes, among other things, a 21-lane indoor small arms range and video training simulators.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024
Officials in Jordan intercepted several shipments of small arms and explosives in the past year that had been smuggled into the country, intended for recipients in the West Bank, according to two Middle Eastern intelligence officials with detailed knowledge of the events.
—Joby Warrick, Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2023
The aid package — the final of 2023 — will include arms and equipment, including air defense munitions, anti-armor munitions, ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, and more than 15 million rounds of small arms ammunition, a State Department spokesperson said to CBS News.
—S. Dev, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2023
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