An explosive weapon is a weapon that uses an explosive to project blast and/or fragmentation from a point of detonation. In the common practice of states...

A thermobaric weapon, also called an aerosol bomb, or a vacuum bomb, is a type of explosive munition that works by dispersing an aerosol cloud of gas...

An explosive lens—as used, for example, in nuclear weapons—is a highly specialized shaped charge. In general, it is a device composed of several explosive...

time than an explosive device. In the case of napalm, the gel adheres to surfaces and resists suppression. A range of early thermal weapons were utilized...

to be adopted for weapons after the year 2000. A DIME weapon consists of a carbon fiber casing filled with a mixture of explosive and very dense microshrapnel...

explosive devices include: Explosive weapon Anti-personnel mine Artillery shells Bomb Grenade Improvised explosive device Land mine Nuclear explosive...

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional...

A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy....

known as an Anti-Submarine Projector) was a forward-throwing anti-submarine weapon that was used primarily during the Second World War. The device, which was...

launcher, is a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon that launches rockets equipped with a shaped-charge explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried by an individual...

High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. The warhead functions...

friendly territory. Generally smaller in explosive power, they are defined in contrast to strategic nuclear weapons, which are designed mostly to be targeted...

Multipurpose Assault Weapon (SMAW) is a smoothbore shoulder-fired rocket launcher. Primarily used as a portable assault weapon, or "bunker buster", it...

grenade is a small explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from...

landmines and booby traps, and incendiary weapons, blinding laser weapons and the clearance of explosive remnants of war. Parties to the convention must...

events. In addition to stellar nuclear explosions, a nuclear weapon is a type of explosive weapon that derives its destructive force from nuclear fission or...

with weapons of mass destruction like doomsday devices. Arms industry Improvised explosive device List of martial arts weapons List of practice weapons Lists...

weapons or conventional arms are weapons whose damaging impact comes from kinetic, incendiary, or explosive energy. They stand in contrast to weapons...

with any unguided jet- or rocket-propelled weapons generally described as rocket artillery. Airborne explosive devices without propulsion are referred to...

media sources. A fragmentation sleeve is a sleeve that fits onto an explosive weapon to provide fragmentation effect. Offensive grenades can be converted...

semi-armor-piercing high-explosive incendiary (SAPHEI). Typical of a modern HEIAP shell is the Raufoss Mk 211 designed for weapons such as heavy machine...

This is a list of World War II infantry weapons. In 1939, the Albanian Kingdom was invaded by Italy and became the Italian protectorate of Albania. It...

In warfare, high-explosive incendiary (HEI) is a type of ammunition specially designed to impart energy and therefore damage to its target in one or both...

High explosive squash head (HESH) A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American...

with explosives, suspended between a pair of steel-treaded wooden wheels. The wheels were 1 ft (0.30 m) wide, and 10 ft (3.0 m) in diameter. The weapon would...

Squid was a British World War II ship-mounted anti-submarine weapon. It consisted of a three-barrelled mortar which launched depth charges. It replaced...

A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead. Today, the term...

A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission or atomic bomb) or a combination...

radiological, nuclear, and explosive) weapons can be used for area denial, as long as the agent is long-lasting. Fallout from nuclear weapons might be used in such...

charge. Weapons of this sort were widely used in the Korean and Vietnam wars as well as other conflicts. M18 Claymore mine Improvised explosive device...