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An airplane is a heavier-than-air craft whose lift is generated by airflow over the wings creating a strong pressure difference. In video games, airplanes are used for travel and as a type of weaponry.
Many games have ammo. In some, you can design your own. Ammo is put in a weapon and fired as a projectile.
The APC lends protection from small-arms fire to infantry units in transit. An element of 20th and 21st century warfare, it is often depicted in futuristic settings.
A stationary gun that automatically shoots at targets.
Crates sometimes contain things!
A gun that launch disks and can rip enemies limbs
An explosive is any weapon or device designed to cause an explosion, whether it be a frag grenade, TNT, or a nuclear bomb.
Featured in the Tribes series, the Mortar could only be wielded by players wearing Heavy armor. The weapon fired large arcing projectiles, usually emitting green smoke and making a loud noise.
A grapple is a device, usually thrown or shot, that allows a game character to 'hook' onto objects within the game, with the purpose of climbing or scaling.
A gun that uses various types of grenades as ammunition.
Health packs restore some amount of a players health, and can be permanent or temporary. They come packaged in a variety of forms, from the common med kit, to drugs, medicine, and even food.
A Jet pack is a backpack with rocket boosters built in that usually allows the wearer to hover or fly.
A laser is a focused beam of light, invisible through the air without some other medium (such as smoke) to illuminate it. Lasers are often used in video games as part of a targeting system, or as an offensive weapon in their own right.
Allows characters to "illuminate" targets, enabling far-off aircraft, artillery, or missles to strike targets within the character's line of sight.
Machine guns, generally, are heavier weapons with a rapid rate of fire. To quote the Quake manual, they "eat ammo like popcorn."
Mechs (or Mecha) are humanoid-like pilot driven vehicles often depicted in media as a combat machine. Early examples of Mech/Mecha in video games are often derived from early manga and anime as well as table-top games.
An explosive ordinance propelled by a rocket engine designed to blow an object to smithereens. A missile is often guided, in some way, to its target. For example; by laser, remote control, or computer/GPS.
An indirect fire weapon which lobs shells (generally explosive) on an arcing trajectory. It is muzzle-loaded, capable of attacking targets at close range unlike traditional artillery.
A pistol is a very basic hand-held side arm, usually used in case of low ammo or tricky situations. They have appeared in many types of games.
The Plasma Gun launches plasma by using controlled magnetic fields. Plasma weaponry is used throughout the Imperium despite the possibility of the weapon overheating and killing the plasma gunner.
Power armor (also referred to as a powered exoskeleton) is a form of full-body armor, that uses electronics and micromachinery to enhance the wearer's performance.
A weapon that launches rockets.
The weapon of choice for accuracy at long distances. The sniper rifle's slow rate of fire makes it ineffective for close range combat, but its high calibre round ensures that it inflicts maximum damage against the target.
The most popular weapon in the Tribes series, the Spinfusor is a slow-loading, explosive disc projectile launcher. It is considered a distinction of the Tribes universe.
A tank is generally a heavily armoured and armed, tracked vehicle designed to be at the front of a combined forces attack.
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A gun turret is weapon mount designed to protect the user or mechanisms of a weapon system. The weapon itself is not a turret, but rather the protective housing of the user or mechanisms of the weapon system.
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