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Original research. No evidence this is anything besides an arbitrary classification, a distinction that may have emerged from tabletop gaming given that I mostly get hits from D&D manuals when searching the term. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Games, History, and Technology. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- comment It's a gaming term, not a real world weapon distinction. Maybe there's some point to it strictly in those terms, nut in modern warfare the division is between hand-to-hand combat and everything else, and the long lists are essentially padding. Mangoe (talk) 14:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 16:25, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
- Delete - An ambiguous classification based on original research which doesn't see real use outside the videogame or tabletop world.