small arms

English

Noun

small arms pl (normally plural, singular small arm)

1. Firearms designed to be carried and fired by a single person, and often held in the hand.

   The helicopter was attacked by small arms fire.

Translations

weapon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕兵器／轻兵器 (qīngbīngqì)

• Finnish: pienase
• French: petites armes f pl
• German: Kleinwaffe f
• Japanese: 小火器 (ja) (しょうかき, shōkaki)
• Russian: стрелко́вое ору́жие (ru) n (strelkóvoje orúžije)
• Swahili: silaha ndogo ndogo
• Swedish: handeldvapen (sv) n, eldhandvapen (sv) n