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Evolution of Small Weapons | Military Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) is a term used in arms control protocols to refer to two main classes of weapons: Small arms: hand-held small caliber firearms, usually consisting of handguns, rifles, shotguns, manual, semi-automatic, and full automatic weapons and man-portable machineguns. Light weapons: Includes a wide range of medium-caliber and explosive ordnance, including man-portable and vehicle-mounted antipersonnel, antitank and antiaircraft rockets, missiles, grenade launchers, rocket launchers, landmines, antiaircraft guns, mortars, hand grenades and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), and so on. The U.S. Army defines small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) as: "Handguns, shoulder-fired weapons, light automatic weapons up to and including 12.7mm machine guns, recoilless rifles up to and including 106mm, mortars up to and including 81mm, man-portable rocket launchers, rifle-/shoulder-fired grenade launchers, and individually operated weapons that are portable or can be fired without special mounts or firing devices and that have potential use in civil disturbances and are vulnerable to theft."[1] Read more about “”: Evolution of Small Weapons | Military https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Arms_and_Light_Weapons Visit our website for more MILITARY DOCUMENTARY FILMS: http://militaryfilmschannel.blogspot.com/ You may also subscribe to MILITARY DOCUMENTARY FILMS channel for more updated videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7PTj8nwotxTX3z0z39H2uA Thank you for watching “Evolution of Small Weapons | Military”.