Hand weapon
A handgun is a freehand usable weapon . Hand weapons include edged weapons and firearms . In connection with the word firearm, the composition handgun ( revolver , pistol , rifle , submachine gun ) also exists today .
Individual evidence
- ^ Sentence after Mackensen - Large German Dictionary , 11th edition, 1986, Lemma Handwaffe
- ↑ Composition based on Meyer's Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 8. Leipzig 1907, p. 764, Lemma Handwaffen , online at http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Handwaffen . In older sources such as Pierer's Universal Lexikon , Volume 7. Altenburg 1859, p. 957, Lemma Handwaffen , online at http://www.zeno.org/Pierer-1857/A/Handwaffen?hl=handwaffen , Handwaffe is still called Synonymous with edged weapon and seen as an antithesis to firearm .
- ^ Sentence after Mackensen - Large German Dictionary , 11th edition, 1986, Lemma Handfeuerwaffe