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This book consists of articles from Wikia. Pages: 82. Chapters: Infantry Weapons Technology, Space Weapons Technology, Colt M1911, L49 Pulse Rifle, M32 Pulse Rifle, Vibro blade, Aegis, Cataphract, Countermissile, Crippler, Dazzlers, Dragon's Teeth, Energy Torpedo, Graser, Graser torpedo, Gravatic heterodyne, Grav lance, Halo, Keyhole, Keyhole II, Laser, Laser head, Manticoran Missile Types, Mark 17E, Missile, Missile pod, Moriarty, Multi-drive missile, Redactor, Sidewall, Viper, Countermissile, Crippler, Energy Torpedo, Graser, Gravatic heterodyne, Grav lance, Keyhole, Keyhole II, Laser, Laser head, Missile pod, Multi-drive missile, Sword, Vibro blade, Viper. Excerpt: The Colt M1911 was a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, recoil-operated pistol. It was designed by John M. Browning, and was the standard-issue side arm for the United States armed forces from 1911 CE to 1985 CE. Honor Harrington was trained in the use of the weapon, and used it against Andre Warnecke and his bodyguards in 1910 PD. (HH6) A forceblade was a hand-held electric knife weapon that, under Manticoran law, must make a loud whine when in use. (HH1) Infantry Weapons Technology included all weapons that could be carried and employed by a single person, although its use was sometimes restricted to specialist members of attack or defense teams, as well as all types of personal armor. The Havenite L49, an example of a pulse rifle Pulsers were mass drivers using gravity rather than electromagnetism to drive projectiles. A typical pulser pistol had a caliber of 2mm and a muzzle velocity of 2,000 m/s. The 'Darts', as the projectiles were known, were often fitted with explosive warheads. It was essentially unheard of for anyone to survive a pulser hit, with even a shot to the hand being powerful enough to rip off the entire arm. Pulse rifles were the shoulder arm variant of the pulser, firing calibers of up to 4.7mm. (JIR1) Vehicle-based pulsers could achieve tremendous rates of fire, up...
