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The Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight (abbreviated ACOG) is a series of telescopic reflex sights manufactured by Trijicon.
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.
As prolific in video games as it is in real life, this iconic Russian workhorse is a mainstay of virtual firepower.
A modified, compact version of the AK-74.
Many games have ammo. In some, you can design your own. Ammo is put in a weapon and fired as a projectile.
A kind of protective clothing.
A semi-automatic shotgun created in South Africa during the 1980s for riot control.
Assault Rifle refers to a basic design of a weapon that combines the abilities of older long-range rifles and the rapid fire of sub-machine guns. Common designs include the M-16, M-4, AK47 (and 74), and the L85A1.
The AT-4 is a single shot anti-tank weapon built by Saab Bofor Dynamics in Sweden.
Also known as "body armor", ballistic vests are designed to stop various firearm rounds. Commonly worn by soldiers and police. The Nation Institute of Justice rates the protection capability of body from Level I (up to small calibers like .22LR) to Level IV (up to armor-piercing calibers like .30-06 M2)
Garments worn by Military or Para-Military organizations for combat related situations. These garments range from the Marines heavy duty Camouflaged battle dress they use in the Middle East to the SWAT uniforms our police departments use such as the DEA or U.S. Marshalls.
A bomb is an explosive device.
"It's hard to keep your feet dry when you're kicking in a skull." Unless you've got the right gear, that is.
A modular assault rifle currently produced by Bushmaster Firearms LLC. That ACR's most notable feature is the easy barrel swap, allowing the operator fire 5.56 or 7.62 NATO, as the situation warrants.
Originally, the Desert Eagle was designed to be a revolver, but later it evolved into a magazine-loaded semi-automatic pistol.
A machine designed with the purpose of moving objects or characters vertically.
The FAMAS is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by MAS (Manufacture d'Armes de Saint Etienne) and fires the NATO 5.56x45mm rounds
The Fusil Automatique Leger (Light Automatic Rifle) or FAL for short is a Battle Rifle originally developed by Fabrique National (FN) during the final years of World War II. It fires the venerable 7.62x51mm NATO caliber.
A compact PDW built by Fabrique Nationale that is known for its odd shape and large 50 round clip.
Assault Rifle currently in development. The FN SCAR is currently being phased into service with United State Special Forces, where it will replace multiple other weapons. Eventually, it may be slated to replace the current U.S. military main combat rifle, the M16A4.
Goggles are used to protect the user's eyes.
A grenade is an explosive device traditionally thrown by hand, but may also be propelled by a rifle or launcher.
A gun that uses various types of grenades as ammunition.
The G36 is a German 5.56mm assault rifle, disigned in the early 90's by Heckler & Koch and accepted into the German military 1997. It replaced the G3 and was a higher end assault rifle in the popular game Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare.
Fictional weapons technology that appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as a weapon attachment.
Helicopters are flying vehicles, typically with a single large main rotor to maintain lift with a tail rotor to counter rotation induced by this main rotor. They are useful in air to ground combat as well as for quickly inserting and recovering infantry close to the front line.
An ice axe is a multi-purpose ice and snow tool employed by mountaineers both ascending and descending routes involving frozen conditions.
A compound often used in bullet proof vests and other protective clothing.
A knife is a commonly seen object in video games. Usually used for close quarters combat, or as a cutting tool.
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.
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