Refers to the general term for weapons and ammunition.
China's modern history data series "Report to Zeng Guofan and others on October 10th of Taiping Shi Tian Records Archives": "Yuling? Fenghua? The regiments in Baxiang ask the regiments in Xinsheng County to distribute arms and prepare equipment as appropriate, and wait for the officers and men to help each other. "
Sha Ting? Ding lame man: "He paid ten dollars to take the arms home and hide them in the cellar."
Shuo Yang? Scavenger: "Two carts full of arms, followed by a small group of trench soldiers." ?
arms trade
Trade in a special commodity. It is carried out through special channels rather than through the general free market of international trade. The biggest buyer of the arms trade is the government.
Before the mid-1960s, arms transfers were mainly carried out by two superpowers in the form of providing military assistance. After the mid-1960s, with the increase of economic factors, arms transfer was gradually carried out on the basis of trade, and a large number of weapons began to enter the field of international commodity circulation.
According to the U.S. government's explanation, weapons include new, old or refurbished conventional weapons with lethal effects, weapons that can be loaded with conventional and chemical/atomic ammunition at the same time, and non-lethal military support equipment, such as radar, uniforms and equipment, as well as military training, weapons production or assembly facilities, military bases or defensive buildings.
According to the data of the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, weapon systems account for about 60% of US arms exports; More than 85% of the weapons exports of the former Soviet Union were weapons systems.