weapons

Question 1

Weapons

Answer 1

Weapons are going to determine the condition of violence in a conflict.

Question 2

general info

Answer 2

The weight of the weapon will condition the mobility and then the range of the weapon.

Depending on the range we can do different things. The bigger the weapon is, the longer the range.

The same weapon is going to be much stronger in a closed environment than in an open environment where the victims can run away.

Question 3

SALW

Answer 3

Small arms (individual operator - one user) and light weapons (heavier and bigger and operated by a team of operators)

• the UN provides a convention for the control for small arms and light weapons

Question 4

Small weapon

Glock- 19

Answer 4

handgun - Traditionally handguns have been used in asymmetric conflicts since they are very easy to move and hide),

Question 5

Small weapon

HK MP5

Answer 5

(submachine gun),

Question 6

Small weapon

AK-47

Answer 6

(rifle - very popular, especially for guerilla warfare)

Question 7

Small weapon

Barrett M82

Answer 7

(Sniper rifle) - used in Iraq, Syria, used also by FARC in Colombia - black marked make this a common weapon in the asymmetrical conflicts. Gives both a physical and psychological harm

Question 8

Light weapon

Qassam II

Answer 8

– rocket by Hamas

Question 9

Light weapon

Stinger

Answer 9

man-portable air-defense system

Question 10

Merkava

Answer 10

Tank developed by Israel Defense Forces. Forces. Is usually restricted to open environments but has also been used in urban environments.

Question 11

Iron Dome

Answer 11

“the queen of the battle”, missile defense system against rocket attacks, counter rocket and mortars. Used to protect cities.

Question 12

AH 64 Apache

Answer 12

American attack helicopter

Question 13

RDX

Answer 13

explosive light weapon or weapon system?

Question 14

Providers

Answer 14

Legal market is going to have legal providers (often states) and legal manufactures like Smith and Wesson, Remington that sell legal. This is controlled internationally (with ofc many loops/gaps like the black market).

Question 15

White market:

Answer 15

both the provider and end user have to be legalized for those weapons

Question 16

Black market

Answer 16

provider is illegal, or legal with corruption selling to illegal user, stolen, sold to terrorist groups, guerilla, etc. Many different ways of black market like weapons that have been taken from the enemies, or a conflict where 2 contenders with weapons where the weapons remain in the black market and then sold (example of this is the Balkans where the weapons ended up in Melissia)

Question 17

Grey market

Answer 17

not completely legal or illegal (mix of white and black), when the provider is legal selling to legal user, but the end user is not legal like a terrorist group or a not legal individual. The weapons might be stolen and end in their hands, etc.