Ranged weapon
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ranged-weapon-178-463613
title:
Ranged weapon
text:
A ranged weapon{to get {Dubious|1=Real term?|reason=Seems to be a term in gaming, not in real life.|date=July 2022}} is any weapon that can engage targets beyond hand-to-hand distance, i.e. at distances greater than the physical reach of the user holding the weapon itself. The act of using such a weapon is also known as shooting. It is sometimes also called projectile weapon or missile weapon becausec it typically works by launching solid projectiles ("missiles"), though technically a fluid-proj
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Any weapon that can engage targets beyond hand-to-hand distance
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranged_weapon
date created:
2004-11-27T11:28:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T09:46:20Z
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