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Welcome to the Weaponry task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers all topics related to weaponry, including weapons, armor, explosives, ammunition, and armoured fighting vehicles; it can be considered to be a subgroup of the military science and technology task force, whose scope includes every such topic. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Weaponry-task-force=yes or Weaponry=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Weaponry task force articles.

Participants

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1. 4-RAZOR 01 (talk · contribs) (India? I'm on my way!)
2. Aaa232355 (talk · contribs) (Anything really)
3. A 10 fireplane (talk · contribs) (US Navy ships)
4. Buster40004 (talk · contribs) (Japanese and American Armor and Artillery and Coast Artillery 1920-1970)
5. Cdtuba (talk · contribs)
6. Cirt (talk · contribs) (interested in researching biological warfare)
7. Corvus coronoides (talk · contribs) (Medieval Weapons)
8. Dhatfield (talk · contribs) (AFVs, esp. tank)
9. DPdH (talk · contribs) (Main interests => Artillery, Firearms/Infantry weapons, AFV's & other military vehicles, Aircraft weapons/ordnance, Naval weapons/ordnance & military ships, Rockets & Missiles. Historical periods: WW1, WW2, Cold War, current. Countries/Regions: South America esp. Argentina, GB, USA, Germany, NATO, ex-Warsaw Pact).
10. Gadget850 (talk · contribs) (Pershing missile; Bradley FV; M113 APC)
11. Georgewilliamherbert (talk · contribs) (nuclear weapons, firearms, heavy weapons, technology)
12. GreyPage (talk · contribs) (WWII tech and general weapon tech)
13. Ghost Lourde (talk · contribs) (Chiefly HEMA/medieval warfare oriented interests)
14. Iazyges (talk · contribs) Roman stuff.
15. Ironarcher13 (talk · contribs) (Anti-Tank Guided Missiles)
16. Ktr101 (talk · contribs)
17. Kylesenior (talk · contribs) Nuclear weapons
18. Loafiewa (talk · contribs) Mostly small arms and AFVs
19. MagicManLeFlurr (talk · contribs) (Nuclear Weapons)
20. MChew (talk · contribs) (WWII and earlier Japanese weaponry)
21. Mike Searson (talk · contribs) (USMC history, Small Arms, swords, and knives.)
22. Mzajac (talk · contribs) (AFVs, especially Soviet and CIS)
23. Niteshift36 (talk · contribs) (modern arms and tactics)
24. Phichanad (talk · contribs) (Philippine Military)
25. Pudeo (talk · contribs) (Mostly WWII weaponry, from that mostly Finnish..)
26. RobDuch (talk · contribs) (US coast artillery and railroad weapons, some naval guns and missiles)
27. Sp33dyphil (talk · contribs) (AGMs, AIMs, PGMs, cruise missiles, LGBs, GBUs, ICBMs)
28. SirGents (talk · contribs) (Nuclear weaponry, missiles, and vehicular weaponry)
29. Sturmvogel 66 (talk · contribs) (WW I-present artillery, AFVs, aircraft)
30. Swatjester (talk · contribs) (Modern small arms, SOF equipment, air and missile defense.)
31. theattackcorgi (talk · contribs) (everything.)
32. The Bushranger (talk · contribs)
33. Thehistorianisaac (talk · contribs)
34. Tylermack999 (talk · contribs)
35. Yuriybrisk (talk · contribs) (Russian SAM systems)
36. ZappaOMati (talk · contribs)

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles AMX-30E Alsos Mission AMX-30 Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Benty Grange helmet British contribution to the Manhattan Project British hydrogen bomb programme Cannon Richard Feynman Gevninge helmet fragment Guilden Morden boar Hanford Engineer Works Horncastle boar's head David Kelly (weapons expert) M249 Squad Automatic Weapon Manhattan Project Fortress of Mimoyecques Mk VII Tetrarch light tank Nike-X Operation Crossroads Operation Grapple Operation Hurricane Panzer I William Sterling Parsons Pioneer Helmet Project Y Isidor Rabi Rheinmetall Rh-120 Smyth Report Tanks in the Spanish Army Tanque Argentino Mediano 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash Trinity (nuclear test) Tube Alloys Verdeja Featured lists Timeline of the Manhattan Project A-Class articles 37 mm gun M3 42 cm Gamma howitzer Advanced Tactical Fighter Arena (countermeasure) Arrow (missile family) Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Robert Bacher Battle of the Kalka River Big Bertha (howitzer) Norris Bradbury Dayton Project Early thermal weapons Horses in warfare M22 Locust M3 Gun Motor Carriage M8 armored gun system Minefields in Croatia Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom Operation Sandstone Operation Totem Pre-dreadnought battleship Project Emily Project Pluto Republic F-84 Thunderjet STRAT-X Sd.Kfz. 10 Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom Sukhoi Su-25 Sukhoi Su-37 Trident (UK nuclear programme) United States battleship retirement debate Good articles 3-inch ordnance rifle 10-pounder Parrott rifle 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" 30.5 cm SK L/50 gun 41 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval gun 42 cm Gamma howitzer 68-pounder gun ASM-A-1 Tarzon AUM-N-2 Petrel Armement Air-Sol Modulaire Advanced Tactical Fighter Agent Orange Harold Agnew Anti-nuclear movement in Australia Arrow (missile family) Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki BGM-75 AICBM BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun Robert Bacher Battle of the Kalka River Battlecruiser Big Bertha (howitzer) Bold Orion Norris Bradbury Broe helmet Project Camel Cannone navale da 381/40 Castlereagh–Canning duel CQC-6 Dassault Rafale Dayton Project Demon core Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons Disney bomb Dugway sheep incident Early thermal weapons English cannon FN 5.7×28mm FN P90 Fat Man Flame fougasse FN Five-seven Frisch–Peierls memorandum Fu-Go balloon bomb General Dynamics F-16XL Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages Hellvi helmet eyebrow High Virgo History of cannons Horses in warfare Interstate TDR Italian nuclear weapons program Khanjar Kosmos 1408 LT vz. 34 Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte Light tank Mk VIII Little Boy Lockheed Senior Prom M22 Locust Lokrume helmet fragment M2 light tank M3 Gun Motor Carriage M8 armored gun system M32 tank recovery vehicle M1841 6-pounder field gun M1841 12-pounder howitzer M1844 32-pounder howitzer M1857 12-pounder Napoleon Macuahuitl Main Navy and Munitions Buildings Manhattan Project feed materials program Marmon–Herrington CTLS Mauser Model 1893 Minefields in Croatia MP 40 RTV-A-2 Hiroc New Mexico-class battleship Nike Zeus 2009 North Korean nuclear test Northover Projector Nuclear weapons of the United Kingdom Operation Sandstone Operation Totem PIAT Panzer 35(t) Operation Peppermint Plutonium Finishing Plant Project Alberta Project Emily Project Pluto Pumpkin bomb RaLa Experiment Republic F-105 Thunderchief Rumsfeld Commission STRAT-X Salt Wells Pilot Plant Matthew Sands Savannah River Site Sd.Kfz. 10 Seax of Beagnoth Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon Smith Gun Sticky bomb Strategic Air Command in the United Kingdom Sud-Ouest Espadon Sukhoi Su-33 Sukhoi Su-37 Tamper (nuclear weapon) Thin Man (nuclear bomb) Charles Allen Thomas Tiger II Tjele helmet fragment Trident (UK nuclear programme) Type 26 revolver Type 94 Nambu pistol Type 97 automatic cannon Véhicule Blindé Léger Vz. 24 Whistling Dick (cannon) Winchester Model 1897 Witcham Gravel helmet

Weaponry task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 35 FL 1 A 31 AL 1 GA 93     B 652 BL 35 C 2,658 CL 81 Start 4,902 List 280 Stub 1,246     Total 9,617 Total 398 Other pages Category 2,119 Disambig 27 Draft 2 File 87 Portal 1 Project 1 Redirect 556 SIA 14 Template 311 User 2 Total 3,120 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 46,621 Ω 4.655 category

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Requested articles

ASD-400 (currently a redirect) • Augsburg Arsenal • Baggoro • Ballistic charge • Balestra (it) • Ballistic lab (currently redirect) • Beladau • Binnol • Boyzdykan • Bracelet dagger • CALIV • Chatellevault • Chemeti • Chijiriki • Collection of Churburg • Concealed vest • Consorzio Iveco-Fiat Oto Melara • Contraves Rheinmetal Enhanced Correction of Trajectories • Cumber-jung • Defence Optical Systems • DF-32 • Diamond T 12-ton 6x4 truck (currently redirect) • Down Range Support Craft • East Wind 32 • Elephant axe • Fantail dagger • Fuetsu • Gaesum • Galraxi • Gurlet • Hladie • Hoolurge • Hui-tho • I-wata-jinga • Incendiary smoke • Iverapena • IZ tractor-tank • Ja-dagna • Japurunga • Kadjo • Kau sin ke • Kawanaga • Keerli • Kheten • Kirasoo • Kodelly • Koshiate • Laingtjat • LB-23 • LB-62 • Macauitl • Mahuaquilt • Mandehi liguje • Marcel Louis Icard • Massuelle • Merai • Mobile Torpedo Servicing Unit • Mongwanga • Nasegama • Net fighting • NKL-16 • Novacula • Oboronitelnya Sistemy • Open Tip Match • Pacade • PB-7 • Pendjepit • Petjut • Plofadder • Plombee • Powhenua • Rante • Rummh • Ryoba katana • Sa tjat koen • Sang kau • Santa Barbara (company) • Sea Slam • Sickle mace • Sosunpattah • Spinal mount • SST4 • STU-75 • Suan-tou-fung • Submarine and Special Warfare Support Vessels • T-70Z • Tabetic cuirass • Tactical Application Police • Tebutju • Tepoztopilla • Tikka T3 Tactical • Tjabang • Toki kakauroa • Toporok • Tormentum • Toyak • Twibil • Udlimau • Ufa MPO • Uramanta • Veecharoval • Wairbi • Wakerti • Watilikri

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Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 10 Nov 2025 – Tanren bō (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nihonjoe (t · c); see discussion (0 participants)
• 06 Nov 2025 – Kanenobu (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Nihonjoe (t · c); see discussion (2 participants)

Proposed deletions

• 01 Nov 2025 – Adrushy mine (talk · edit · hist) PRODed by Donner60 (t · c) was deleted

Redirects for discussion

• 06 Nov 2025 – Budzygan (talk · edit · hist) →Morning star (weapon) was RfDed by Consarn (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Nov 2025 – Foot spike (talk · edit · hist) →Caltrop was RfDed by Consarn (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

• undated – Manhattan Project feed materials program (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review

Good article nominees

• 02 Sep 2025 – Born secret (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Very Polite Person (t · c); start discussion
• 07 Jul 2025 – Trichy assault rifle (talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated by Ominae (t · c); see discussion

Good article reassessments

• 28 Oct 2025 – Gunpowder artillery in the Middle Ages (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for GA reassessment by RajatonRakkaus (t · c); see discussion

Requested moves

• 09 Nov 2025 – Wiesel AWC (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Wiesel (weapons carrier) by Kylesenior (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Oct 2025 – Operation Chastise (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to Dambusters Raid by Pencilceaser123 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Oct 2025 – Canon de 75 modèle 1897 (talk · edit · hist) is requested to be moved to French 75 (gun) by Tamzin (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be merged

• 01 Oct 2025 – Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Rikhter R-23 by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 01 Oct 2025 – Rikhter R-23 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 by Klbrain (t · c); see discussion
• 23 Sep 2025 – Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to International Atomic Energy Agency by Iskandar323 (t · c); see discussion
• 09 Sep 2025 – Semovente da 20/70 quadruplo (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Cannone-Mitragliera da 20/70 (Scotti) by Just a passing viewer 008 (t · c); see discussion
• 08 Sep 2025 – Kh-BD (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Kh-55 by Sdsds (t · c); see discussion
• 06 Sep 2025 – MG 18 TuF (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to MG 08 by Just a passing viewer 008 (t · c); see discussion
• 05 Sep 2025 – MG 11 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to Maxim gun by Just a passing viewer 008 (t · c); see discussion
• 16 Jul 2025 – CZ 807 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to CZ 805 BREN by 103.105.214.6 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 May 2025 – .223 Remington (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to 5.56×45mm NATO#5.56mm NATO versus .223 Remington by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion
• 22 May 2025 – 5.56×45mm NATO (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging to .223 Remington#223 Remington vs. 5.56×45mm NATO by Artoria2e5 (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 12 Oct 2025 – Haenel MK 556 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by MultiKam (t · c); see discussion
• 19 Sep 2025 – Grenade (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BP OMowe (t · c); see discussion
• 27 Aug 2025 – Sako M23 (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by VynedJ (t · c); see discussion
• 28 Mar 2024 – Submarine (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by StefenTower (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Dec 2022 – List of anti-tank guns (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by StupidTankNerd (t · c); see discussion
• 03 Sep 2019 – Tanks in the German Army (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by BrownHairedGirl (t · c); see discussion

Resources

• US Army's Army Heritage Collection Online Check out the digital resources online. There are many field manuals and technical manuals for American equipment, a British-American "dictionary" dating from WWII, a similar German-American dictionary, and other resources broken down (generally) by era. Most resources are in PDF format and some are rather large.

• 90th Infantry Division Preservation Group Another source for US Army manuals.

• J. Howard Mathews, Firearms identification: The laboratory examination of small arms, rifling characteristics in handguns, and notes on the automatic pistols., Vol.I., Charles C Thomas Publisher, Springfield Ill., 1973 [1]

• Robert Hardy, The Longbow