This is a list of weapons of the Spanish–American War. The

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was a conflict in 1898 between

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and the

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, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence.

United States

Offensive weapons

Edged weapons *

Bolo knife A bolo ( tl, iták, ilo, bunéng, pag, baráng, ceb, súndang, hil, binangon) is a general term for traditional pre-colonial small to medium-sized single-edged swords or large knives of the Philippines that function as both tools and weapo ...

(used by

Philippine Revolutionary Army The Philippine Revolutionary Army, later renamed Philippine Republican Army (Philippine Spanish, Spanish: ''Ejército Revolucionario Filipino''; Tagalog language, Tagalog: ''Panghimagsikang Hukbong Katihan ng Pilipinas''), was the official arme ...

) * Bowie knife (also known as hunter) *

Cutlass A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard. It was a common naval weapon during the early Age of S ...

* Krag M1892/98 bayonet * M1860 light cavalry saber *

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(used mostly by Cuban rebels) * Mameluke sword *

Sabre A sabre ( French: �sabʁ or saber in American English) is a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods. Originally associated with Central European cavalry such as th ...

United States Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword The Marine Corps noncommissioned officer's sword is a sword worn by noncommissioned officers (NCOs) and staff noncommissioned officers (SNCOs) of the United States Marine Corps. The NCO sword was adopted in 1859 and is patterned after the United St ...

Sidearms * Colt M1871/72 Open Top * Colt M1873 Single Action Army * Colt M1877 *

Colt M1878 The Colt M1878 is a double-action revolver that was manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company from 1878 to 1907. It is often referred to as the "Frontier" or the "Double Action Army" revolver. A total of 51,210 Model 1878 revolvers were manu ...

* Colt M1889 *

Colt M1892 The Colt M1892 Navy and Army was the first general issue double-action revolver with a swing out cylinder used by the U.S. military. Overview In 1892, the revolver was adopted by the United States Army chambered for .38 Long Colt cartridges, ...

* Colt M1898 New Service * Merwin & Hulbert Pocket Army * Remington M1875 * Remington M1890 * Smith & Wesson No.3 * Smith & Wesson Safety Hammerless Shotguns *

Coach gun A coach gun is a modern term, coined by gun collectors, for a double-barreled shotgun, generally with barrels from in length, placed side-by-side. These weapons were known as "cut-down shotguns" or "messenger's guns" from the use of such shotgu ...

* Winchester M1887 and M1901 * Winchester M1893 and M1897 Rifles *

Colt-Burgess rifle The Colt-Burgess rifle, also known as the 1883 Burgess rifle or simply the Burgess rifle, is a lever-action repeating rifle produced by Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company between 1883 and 1885. The Burgess rifle was Colt's only entranc ...

Colt Lightning Carbine The Colt Lightning Carbine or Colt Lightning Rifle was a slide-action (pump-action) rifle manufactured by Colt from 1884 until 1904 and was originally chambered in .44-40 caliber. Colt eventually made the Lightning Rifle in three differen ...

* Lee M1895 Navy * Remington–Lee M1885 * Remington Rolling Block rifle * Spanish Mauser M1893 (used by Cuban rebels and

) * Springfield M1873 * Springfield M1884 * Springfield M1888 * Springfield M1892/99 * Winchester Hotchkiss M1876 * Winchester M1873 (used by Cuban rebels) * Winchester M1886 * Winchester M1892 * Winchester M1894 * Winchester M1895 Explosives and grenades * Dynamite *

Ketchum grenade The Ketchum Hand Grenade was a type of grenade used in the American Civil War. It was patented on August 20, 1861 (U.S. Pat. #33,089) by William F. Ketchum, a mayor of Buffalo, New York, and was partially adopted in the Union Army. They were used ...

Machine guns * Colt–Browning M1895 machine gun * Gatling machine gun Artillery * 3.2-inch M1897 field cannon *

Dynamite gun A dynamite gun is any of a class of artillery pieces that use compressed air to propel an explosive projectile (such as one containing dynamite). Dynamite guns were in use for a brief period from the 1880s to the beginning of the twentieth century. ...

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* Hotchkiss five barrel revolver cannon

Spain

Offensive weapons

Edged weapons * M1874 Spanish cavalry spear * M1875 Spanish officer sabre * Spanish Mauser M1893 bayonet Sidearms * MAS M1892 * Mauser C96 *

Mauser Zig-Zag Mauser, originally Königlich Württembergische Gewehrfabrik ("Royal Württemberg Rifle Factory"), was a German arms manufacturer. Their line of bolt-action rifles and semi-automatic pistols has been produced since the 1870s for the German arm ...

* Orbea No.7 (Smith & Wesson No.7) * Smith & Wesson No.3 Shotguns * Double-barreled shotgun Rifles * Remington Rolling Block rifle * Spanish Mauser M1893 Explosives and grenades * Dynamite Machine guns *

Maxim machine gun The Maxim gun is a recoil-operated machine gun invented in 1884 by Hiram Stevens Maxim. It was the first fully automatic machine gun in the world. The Maxim gun has been called "the weapon most associated with imperial conquest" by historian ...

Artillery * Krupp kanone

Defensive weapons

Shields and body armor * M1881 Spanish cavalry cuirass * M1881 Spanish cavalry helmet * Soldado cuera Spanish shield

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Spain

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See also