SALW – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Small Arms and Light Weapons
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.
SALW
Small Arms and Light Weapons
salwa
nf.
volley, concurrent burst or discharge of words or ammunition from opposite sides; firing of numerous missiles at once
