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M14
7.62 mm automatic rifle
R-7 Semyorka
intercontinental ballistic missile
AIM-9 Sidewinder
1952 air-to-air missile family by Raytheon
AKM
The AKM () is a 7.62×39 mm Soviet assault rifle introduced in 1959 as a lighter, more modern successor to the AK-47.
R-11 missile family
tactical ballistic missile family
S-75 Dvina
surface-to-air missile system
Type 56
assault rifle
AIM-7 Sparrow
1959 air-to-air missile family by Raytheon
Remington Model 870
shotgun
R-12 Dvina
Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile
Mark 82
500 lb unguided aerial bomb family
PGM-19 Jupiter
American ballistic missile
Corona
series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites
M46
130 mm field gun
R-5 Pobeda
1956 theater ballistic missile of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
R-2
tactical ballistic missile
D-20
152 mm gun-howitzer
S-60
57 mm anti-aircraft gun
AIM-4 Falcon
US guided air-to-air missile
HGM-25A Titan I
United States' first multistage rocket Intercontinental ballistic missile
R-1
ballistic missile family
RPG-2
The RPG-2 (Russian: РПГ-2, Ручной противотанковый гранатомёт, Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot; English: "hand-held antitank grenade launcher") is a man-portable, shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon that was designed in the Soviet Union. It was the first successful anti-tank weapon of its type, being a successor to the earlier and unsuccessful rocket-propelled grenade RPG-1.
RIM-2 Terrier
surface-to-air missile
PGM-17 Thor
first operational ballistic missile deployed by the U.S. Air Force
Nord SS.11
The SS.11 is a French manual command to line of sight wire-guided anti-tank missile manufactured by Nord Aviation. It is also available in the air-to-ground version, AS.11, which featured a stabilized sighting system. The AS.11 was also known as the AGM-22 in American service. It is among the earliest guided anti-tank missiles, entering service with the French Army in 1956 and remaining in service into the 1980s. It also formed the basis for the larger and longer-ranged SS.12/AS.12 series.
PGM-11 Redstone
short-range ballistic missile
RIM-8 Talos
American long-range naval surface-to-air missile
M40
105 mm recoilless rifle
AGM-12 Bullpup
US air-to-surface command guided missile
S-25 Berkut
surface-to-air missile system
K-5
air-to-air missile
Mark 81
250 lb unguided aerial bomb
MIM-14 Nike-Hercules
1958 surface-to-air missile model by Western Electric
MGM-1 Matador
surface-to-surface cruise missile
UK vz. 59
general-purpose machine gun
BM-14
The BM-14 (BM for Boyevaya Mashina, 'combat vehicle'), is a Soviet-made 140mm multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), normally mounted on a truck.
MGM-5 Corporal
first guided weapon authorized by the United States to carry a nuclear warhead
SIG SG 510
battle rifle
SM-65 Atlas
family of American intercontinental ballistic missiles; first operational ICBM
RGD-5
The RGD-5 (Ruchnaya Granata Distantsionnaya, ) is a post–World War II Soviet anti-personnel fragmentation grenade, designed in the early 1950s.
Nudelman-Rikhter NR-30
30 mm autocannon aircraft armament
Zuni
5 inch unguided rocket
M26 grenade
fragmentation hand grenade made by the United States
SSM-N-8 Regulus
cruise missile
M65
1955 nuclear-capable 280 mm gun model
CIM-10 Bomarc
long-range surface-to-air missile
Royal Ordnance L7
British tank gun
Beretta M12
submachine gun
MGR-1 Honest John
1953 short-range family by Douglas
MIM-3 Nike-Ajax
American surface-to-air missile system
Beretta M1951
Italian semi-automatic pistol
MGM-18 Lacrosse
type of tactical ballistic missile
DEFA 550
30 mm revolver autocannon aircraft armament family
FAB-500
The FAB-500 (cyrillic: , acronym for , ”high-capacity aerial bomb”) is a Soviet/Russian designation for general purpose high-explosive aerial bombs of the class. Starting in 1931 with the FAB-500sv, later models are today primarily used by the Russian Aerospace Forces, former Soviet republics and customer countries.
AIR-2 Genie
unguided air-to-air rocket with a nuclear warhead
P-5
submarine-launched cruise missile
M48 Mauser
type of bolt-action rifle
R-11 Zemlya
Soviet tactical ballistic missile
B28
aerial unguided bomb with a thermonuclear warhead
SM-62 Snark
missile