List of American Indian Wars weapons
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This is a list of weapons used in the American Indian Wars.
Offensive weapons[]
Edged weapons[]
- Claymore
- Cutlass
- Dirk
- Gunstock war club
- Improvised knife
- Inuit axe
- Jawbone war club
- Khanjali
- Lance
- Pernach
- Shashka
- Snow knife
- Spear
- Stone war club
- Toggling harpoon
- Tomahawk
- Ulu
- War hatchet
- Wooden war club (sharp headed version and curve headed version)
Sidearms[]
Shotguns[]
Rifles and muskets[]
- Charleville M1728 and M1763 musket
- Colt M1855 revolver carbine and rifle
- Henry M1860 repeating rifle
- Meylin M1719 Pennsylvania-Kentucky rifled musket
- Pattern P1722 Brown Bess musket
- Peabody M1862 Action rifle
- Sharps M1848, M1863 carbine and rifle
- Spencer M1860 repeating carbine and rifle
- Springfield M1873 Trapdoor rifle
Projectile weapons[]
- Bow
- Crossbow
- Throwing dart
- Throwing knife
- Throwing spear
- Throwing tomahawk
Explosives and grenades[]
- Adams grenade
- Dynamite
- Ketchum grenade
- Rains grenade
- Rains landmine
Machine guns[]
Artillery[]
Defensive weapons[]
- War shield
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Loehr, Neil (2004), The weapons of the Indian wars
Categories:
- Indian wars of the American Old West
- Weapons by war