Talk:Cold weapon

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redirect to Wikt:Cold weapon, 11 April 2016, see discussion.
no consensus, 14 June 2014, see discussion.
delete, 29 December 2005, see discussion.

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Are directed Energy Weapons cold weapons?

Some,i think,Lasers/Masers no, Railguns/Gauss Cannons yes,they dont make an explosion. LordCirth (talk) 15:45, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seems like the idea is how the energy is provided - a railgun or coilgun surely generates a lot of heat when firing, and will not operate without a large power source. 98.204.241.46 (talk) 13:14, 14 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Norwegian Orphan

Hi there, I think no:blankvåpen is the same article, but in Norwegian. I added it to this page, but is there a better way to link together all versions of the article? Thanks! Rodarmor (talk) 06:57, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

White arm

"White arm" forwards to this page, and there is no discussion of "white arm," but I believe there is a distinction. The Portuguese page for the equivalent of white arm says that it is a tool or other object useful as a weapon for which the normal use is not aggressive, for example an axe or hammer is normally used for work, however the user could find these items quite useful for causing injury or death to another person. the distinction lies in that a "cold weapon" is not a fire-arm. That is it does not driven by thermal explosion. Gzopnik (talk) 18:56, 25 December 2013 (UTC)gzopnik[reply]

Ok a 'cold weapon' or arme blanche as they're normally referred to is not the same as just a melee weapon as per the debate on deletion.

It's a bit of a dated term, really last relevant when melee weaponry, (bayonets and sabres) were used in battle. WW1 is (i think) seen as the last days of it. It's kinda related to western supremacy, and cavalry aristocracies - will edit properly when i get a chance Kvothe12212 (talk) 14:47, 24 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why

...do I have to click twice to figure out what this term means? Just link to the Goddamn definition. Googling it would have been more efficient.

Sorry, I'm drunk and this pissed me off. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.22.166.97 (talk) 00:31, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]