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List of American Indian Wars weapons

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This is a list of weapons used in the American Indian Wars and Canadian Indigenous conflicts.

Offensive weapons

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Edged weapons

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Sidearms

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Shotguns

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Rifles and muskets

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Projectile weapons

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Explosives and grenades

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Machine guns

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Artillery

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Defensive weapons

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  • War shield

References

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  1. ^ a b Mahon 1958, p. 257.
  2. ^ a b c d Loehr 2004.
  3. ^ Morando 2018.
  4. ^ Mahon 1958, p. 256.
  5. ^ a b Mahon 1958, p. 255.
  6. ^ Rutherford 2020.
  7. ^ Mahon 1958, p. 264.

Bibliography

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  • Loehr, Neil (2004), Weapons Of The Indian Wars (Plains History Project), St. Marys, Kansas: Kaw Valley USD 321, archived from the original on May 7, 2005
  • Mahon, John K. (September 1958). "Anglo-American Methods of Indian Warfare". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 45 (2): 254–275. doi:10.2307/1902929. JSTOR 1902929.
  • Morando, Paul (2018). "French Infantry Musket, M1728 ("Charleville")". The Army Historical Foundation.
  • Rutherford, Kenneth R. (2020). America's Buried History: Landmines in the Civil War. Savas Beatie. About the Book. ISBN 978-1-61121-453-6. By the end of the war in 1865, some 2,000 "Rains mines" had been built and deployed