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CATEGORY (click to search)	Subcategories of {BA:15}: Armed hostility: Military equipment
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BA:15:a	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon
18898 weapons 10476 nulla 8710 weapon 8142 staffe 6522 cannon 6192 ordnance 5713 staff 5305 ammunition 4905 pikes 4294 engines 4138 engine 4001 rest 3949 tanto 3822 munition 3306 magnum 3238 bullet 3104 pieces 2748 bullets 2656 lance 2602 bore 2600 pike 2538 scaffold 2350 fortifications 2319 launce 2303 ferrara 2104 morne 2017 musket 1905 cannons 1775 pistols 1751 sword 1746 breeches 1696 gunpowder 1634 muskets 1552 launces 1531 dragoons 1500 staues 1500 lances 1413 rapier 1348 fortification 1333 staves 1292 carcasses 1260 carkasse 1259 carkasses 1206 ord 1200 pistol 1138 edge 1122 carcass 1102 ceste 1011 engins 1003 knife 1002 cap 994 hatchet 977 minion 890 martini 865 carcasse 860 pistoll 815 musquet 762 colt 754 munitions 700 breech 688 flos 648 primer 624 musquets 621 bus 604 apparell 586 minions 569 hilt 517 engin 482 carkases 468 bombs 446 nullas 445 bores 443 charge 431 stokes 430 bastard 429 granadoes 428 fire-works 427 amunition 427 hilts 417 rifle 410 carkas 394 cudgell 392 dagger 383 swords 371 scaffolds 363 bren 360 carkase 359 cudgel 357 hatchets 355 rapiers 340 field-pieces 327 piece 325 pyke 321 tower 306 ponyard 305 apparel 302 mell 286 scabbard 284 quiver 280 sax 276 cudgels 268 seare 266 flo 263 peeces 250 canes 248 busse 238 chamber 235 gun-shot 232 fire-arms 229 guard 227 tantos 222 morning-star 216 pistolls 215 trident 214 sear 211 carcas 207 string 206 petard 204 touch-hole 204 ammunitions 193 tackling 180 missive 179 pistoles 178 dragoones 177 vinea 172 scutcheon 171 truncheon 168 scaffolde 167 sheathing 164 pistolets 161 bouche 161 strings 159 cannon-shot 155 guards 155 apparrell 154 poniard 154 silenced 151 sheath 151 bow 146 sling 143 charges 141 sulphury 141 wad 139 peece 139 peace-makers 138 cane 132 ords 132 daggers 130 petards 128 cestes 128 missives 127 mortar-pieces 123 ordnaunce 123 rifling 121 ribband 120 francisc 118 shot 113 shaft 113 clip 111 fired 109 dispart 108 culverins 108 sharps 108 piercing 107 tacklings 106 nitro 105 sworde 105 culverin 103 vengefull 101 stone 99 sighted 99 ribbands 98 weapen 97 ordnances 97 battery 96 pummell 94 wapen 94 scimitar 93 shafts 93 stones 92 dudgeon 91 municions 91 rammer 88 bomb 88 self 86 swerde 85 bolo 84 device 84 shethe 83 primers 83 devices 83 cross-bows 82 helve 81 missiue 81 scimiter 80 dragoon 79 pistolet 76 scaffoldes 75 dag 74 truncheons
BA:15:a:01	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon: Club/stick
	10476 nulla 8142 staffe 5713 staff 1500 staues 1333 staves 446 nullas 394 cudgell 359 cudgel 285 mell 276 cudgels 222 morning-star 69 jemmy 57 baston 53 stafe 51 roundhead 50 roundheads 41 cudgells 39 morning-stars 39 staffes 31 staffs 21 canes 20 truncheons 19 truncheon 19 bastons 17 cane 13 batoon 12 club 12 clubs 11 black-thorn 11 gibbet 10 supples
BA:15:a:02	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon: Sharp weapon
	4903 pikes 3949 tanto 3934 rest 2656 lance 2599 pike 2319 launce 2303 ferrara 2104 morne 1751 sword 1552 launces 1500 lances 1413 rapier 1206 ord 1138 edge 1003 knife 994 hatchet 561 hilt 426 hilts 392 dagger 383 swords 357 hatchets 355 rapiers 325 pyke 306 ponyard 283 scabbard 280 sax 229 guard 229 canes 227 tantos 215 trident 167 sheathing 155 guards 154 poniard 152 truncheon 151 sheath 132 ords 132 daggers 121 cane 120 francisc 108 piercing 105 sworde 96 pummell 94 scimitar 92 dudgeon 86 swerde 85 bolo 84 shethe 81 scimiter 77 shaft 72 edges 71 shafts 69 speres 68 degens 66 kniues 65 half-pikes 65 dirk 63 knives 62 plats 59 speares 58 burley 56 smiter 56 smiters 55 pummel 55 reste 54 ponyards 54 truncheons 52 demilances 52 knyfe 51 scimitars 48 axe 47 battle-axe 47 sabre 47 sharps 43 simi 42 swordes 42 pilchers 41 poniards 41 chiv 41 hiltes 40 half-pike 40 rests 39 falchion 38 chape 36 gare 36 plat 36 spado 35 spears 35 speare 35 gad 33 morglay 32 sabres 30 rapyer 30 diego 29 scabbards 29 scymitar 28 tongue 26 spear 26 sword-blades 25 poyniard 24 scaberd 24 talons 24 pheons 23 half-pike 23 bayonets 23 swoord 22 pummels 22 mornes 21 pisa 20 pilcher 20 hache 20 bayonet 20 ure 19 framea 19 scymiter 18 back-sword 18 feeble 17 pheon 17 whinyard 15 wood-knife 15 lanceth 15 hyltes 15 gares 15 silver-hilted 15 tuck 14 sword-blade 14 scimeter 14 burdoun 14 dudgen 14 gard 13 hilte 13 basket-hilt 13 pike-heads 13 rancon 12 sarissa 12 sagaris 12 tickler 12 pearcing 12 basket-hilt 12 cutlass 12 demilance 11 cutlasses 11 falchions 11 javelot 11 knifes 11 sai 10 swoorde 10 scythes 10 guardless
BA:15:a:03	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon: Engine of war
	4292 engines 4138 engine 2538 scaffold 1010 engins 517 engin 371 scaffolds 321 tower 177 vinea 168 scaffolde 76 scaffoldes 73 vineas 48 corvi 42 towers 28 towre 25 vineyard 15 battering-rams 15 guns 11 corvi 10 skaffoldes
BA:15:a:04	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon: Device for discharging missiles
	6522 cannon 6192 ordnance 3306 magnum 3104 pieces 2602 bore 2350 fortifications 2017 musket 1905 cannons 1775 pistols 1746 breeches 1634 muskets 1475 dragoons 1348 fortification 1200 pistol 977 minion 890 martini 860 pistoll 815 musquet 762 colt 700 breech 624 musquets 621 bus 586 minions 445 bores 431 stokes 430 bastard 417 rifle 363 bren 340 field-pieces 327 piece 268 seare 263 peeces 248 busse 238 chamber 232 fire-arms 216 pistolls 214 sear 207 string 204 touch-hole 179 pistoles 173 dragoones 172 scutcheon 164 pistolets 161 bouche 161 strings 154 silenced 151 bow 146 sling 141 wad 139 peece 139 peace-makers 127 mortar-pieces 123 ordnaunce 123 rifling 121 ribband 109 dispart 108 culverins 105 culverin 99 ribbands 99 sighted 97 ordnances 97 battery 91 rammer 88 self 83 cross-bows 79 pistolet 76 dragoon 75 dag 72 warning-piece 72 silenc'd 71 browning 71 colte 69 cross-bow 68 artillery 68 slings 67 rest 64 t:m: 61 sharps 58 bastards 58 bastarde 56 carriage 56 breches 53 hammer 53 mynion 53 ladle 53 batteries 52 trunnions 50 bending 47 mortar-piece 47 barrels 45 balisters 45 bowes 44 fore-end 44 pistole 43 pommell 43 carriages 43 blunderbuss 41 bowse 41 batterie 40 cock 39 pomell 37 sears 37 demi-cannon 36 peace-maker 35 pot-guns 34 fusil 34 hand-gun 33 wind-guns 32 ascham 31 hand-guns 30 holsters 29 pistolles 29 fusils 28 bowe 28 dags 28 barley-corns 27 mouton 26 mignion 26 webley 26 blunderbusses 25 tricker 25 falconets 25 taxes 25 mynions 24 duellers 24 barrel 24 self 24 demi-cannon 23 rifles 23 bowse 23 bows 22 obturator 22 organ-pipes 22 pot-gun 22 turret 22 chambers 22 onager 21 hammers 21 organ-pipe 21 rammers 21 pomel 20 counter-battery 20 pommel 20 guns 20 vent 20 muzzle 19 wadeth 18 touch-holes 18 falconet 18 repeating 17 lumbarde 17 swivel 17 bombard 17 pintle 17 pocket-pistols 16 artillerie 16 chambered 16 flint 16 walther 15 bow-case 15 stone-bow 15 turrets 15 warning-pieces 15 wind-gun 14 quakers 14 moutons 14 breeche 14 petronels 14 miche 14 chamber-bored 14 pounders 13 whitworth 13 selfe 13 munion 13 apparel 13 prolonges 12 buses 12 counter-batteries 12 dogs 12 unrifled 12 roundels 12 cocks 11 holster 11 prolong'd 11 barrell 11 needle 11 crick 11 dueller 11 ballist 11 bolt 11 bombardes 11 rabinet 11 charger 10 sambuca 10 springals 10 selfe 10 peices 10 tiller 10 prolonged 10 touch-hole
BA:15:a:05	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon: Missile
	5305 ammunition 3822 munition 3238 bullet 2748 bullets 1696 gunpowder 1292 carcasses 1260 carkasse 1259 carkasses 1122 carcass 1002 cap 865 carcasse 754 munitions 688 flos 639 primer 482 carkases 443 charge 429 granadoes 427 amunition 410 carkas 395 fire-works 360 carkase 284 quiver 266 flo 235 gun-shot 211 carcas 204 ammunitions 180 missive 159 cannon-shot 143 charges 141 sulphury 128 missives 118 shot 113 clip 111 fired 106 nitro 101 stone 93 stones 91 municions 82 primers 81 missiue 67 quiuer 63 vale 62 missile 55 ball 52 rifled 50 vales 49 malleolus 48 arrow-head 47 hail-shot 45 bombardes 44 chain-shot 43 belt 39 grenade 38 granades 38 fir'd 38 sabot 36 quivers 34 ammo 34 clips 32 granats 31 shaft 30 granat 29 congreve 29 caps 28 case-shot 28 arrow 27 arrow-heads 26 bulletts 26 fire-work 22 quiuers 21 shell 21 vires 21 cannon-bullet 21 cannon-bullets 21 brickbat 21 brickbats 20 unfeathered 20 shafts 18 arrows 18 grenado 17 recharge 17 granat 17 stone-shot 16 polaris 16 obus 15 balls 15 rifl'd 14 fiered 14 arrowes 14 canisters 13 cannon-ball 13 clippe 13 bob-tail 13 shote 12 chawed 12 mealed 12 grenadoes 11 goose-wing 11 bolt 10 bolts 10 bombards 10 bumbard 10 high-crested 10 flane 10 shotes 10 shaftment 10 pin
BA:15:a:06	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon: Explosive device
	466 bombs 206 petard 130 petards 88 bomb 84 device 83 devices 22 crump 21 deuice 20 incendiaries 20 saucissons 11 infernals 11 deuices 10 plastick
BA:15:a:07	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Weapon: Fire/radiation/chemical weapons
	56 dragoons 33 fire-works 25 rays 21 rayes 13 ray
BA:15:b	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Armour
12343 armour 2047 armor 1520 armour 1096 coat 1090 gad 873 equipage 677 breast-plate 610 suit 602 buckler 566 armure 564 shield 527 sallet 500 armoure 490 blazon 447 armours 389 armor 339 burne 333 gadding 324 hosen 320 coats 307 goblet 286 coate 282 helmet 264 bucklers 263 petticoat 236 sallets 205 armors 203 gis 199 red 190 light-armed 183 clothed 175 sute 174 volant 173 shields 171 crest 163 goblets 153 suits 138 petticoats 128 cloathed 126 light-armed 123 surcoat 118 breast-plates 115 habergeon 113 hood 102 tester 98 steeled 97 shield 91 lorica 91 moton 90 morion 88 casque 86 steel 85 stomacher 85 coat-armours 85 corium 84 gads 83 dight 82 armoure 81 steele 76 arming 74 barded 74 harnessed 74 helmets 74 armure 73 plate 73 corses 72 blazons 72 rundle 69 placket 69 burgonet 66 lambrequins 66 enarmed 65 barded 63 coat-armour 61 gadde 61 roundles 60 coates 55 burnest 55 vitta 53 petticote 50 cuirasses 50 surcoats 49 viser 49 armours 49 pouldrons 47 petticoate 47 crests 46 harnest 46 hoods 45 petron 45 scaled 44 peticote 43 rundles 42 scutcheon 42 blason 41 graith 39 cuirass 39 buffes 38 ancile 38 splents 38 visers 37 visar 37 morions 36 pouldron 36 steel'd 36 sutes 35 bryn 33 beaver 33 shielde 33 clothe 31 roundle 31 acton 31 bracer 30 actons 30 habergeons 30 embossed 30 vambraces 29 panoply 28 plates 27 harnesse 26 petticoates 26 trappers 25 burgonets 24 scales 24 peticoate 24 mazer 23 peticoat 23 hilled 23 armoures 23 armet 23 gadded 22 armors 22 cataphracts 22 gigge 21 corse 21 sheild 21 shield-board 21 teaster 20 tabard 20 equippage 20 disk 20 laminated 19 hauberk 19 panoplia 19 testers 18 vittas 18 motons 18 loricas 18 shelde 18 stomachers 18 bryn 17 combed 17 gigges 17 equipages 16 scal'd 16 mascle 15 corset 15 casquet 15 imbossed 14 shields 14 pisane 14 harness 14 greaves 13 pelta 13 shieldes 13 scale 13 tire 13 bryn 13 cloath'd 12 targe 12 mailed 12 plackets 12 harneys 12 bever 12 casques 12 burnes 12 cap 11 gobelet 11 buffe 11 bonnet 11 proof 11 gaddyng 11 vambrace 11 cloth'd 10 voider 10 trapper 10 vambrases 10 visars 10 imbost 10 unarm 10 unarming 10 hoode 10 paunce 10 mascles 10 castle
BA:15:b:01	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Armour: Body-armour
	1096 coat 677 breast-plate 339 burne 320 coats 286 coate 263 petticoat 138 petticoats 123 surcoat 118 breast-plates 115 habergeon 91 lorica 85 coat-armours 85 corium 85 stomacher 73 corses 69 placket 63 coat-armour 60 coates 55 burnest 53 petticote 50 cuirasses 50 surcoats 49 pouldrons 47 petticoate 44 peticote 39 cuirass 36 pouldron 35 bryn 31 acton 30 actons 30 habergeons 26 petticoates 24 peticoate 23 peticoat 22 cataphracts 21 corse 20 tabard 18 stomachers 18 bryn 18 loricas 17 hauberk 15 corset 13 bryn 12 burnes 12 plackets 10 paunce
BA:15:b:02	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Armour: Helmet
	527 sallet 328 buckler 282 helmet 236 sallets 174 volant 171 crest 142 bucklers 113 hood 100 tester 90 morion 88 casque 74 helmets 69 burgonet 66 lambrequins 49 viser 47 crests 46 hoods 39 buffes 38 visers 37 visar 37 morions 33 beaver 25 burgonets 24 mazer 23 armet 21 teaster 19 testers 17 combed 15 casquet 12 casques 12 bever 12 cap 11 buffe 11 bonnet 10 castle 10 visars 10 hoode
BA:15:b:03	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Armour: Shield
	564 shield 490 blazon 274 buckler 203 gis 173 shields 122 bucklers 97 shield 72 blazons 72 rundle 43 rundles 42 scutcheon 42 blason 38 ancile 33 shielde 22 gigge 21 sheild 21 shield-board 20 disk 18 shelde 17 gigges 14 shields 13 shieldes 13 pelta 12 targe
BA:15:c	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Arming/equipping with weapons
1877 apparelled 1805 bear 1757 attired 1663 beare 1107 weighty 1047 borne 964 bearing 482 armed 470 attire 454 attyred 390 weightie 334 gird 280 attir'd 258 girded 256 bore 248 warlike 247 apparrelled 222 armed 212 weaponed 210 waightie 197 arming 194 bears 194 beareth 168 bowed 149 waighty 103 disarmed 97 apparayled 96 attyre 95 attiring 91 girding 87 apparailed 78 beares 78 bere 77 apparelling 69 weightiest 57 apparell'd 55 attyr'd 46 disarmed 45 weightier 44 weaponlesse 43 naked 43 attirde 43 girds 40 attyring 39 arm'd 38 disarming 35 arm'd 32 apparaylled 31 attires 31 girde 30 well-armed 27 bow'd 26 girdeth 25 tire 24 weyghty 24 armings 23 apparrelling 22 arming 22 spoiled 20 shot 19 gunning 19 apparalled 19 disarmer 19 weaponless 18 atired 18 gyrded 17 disarm 16 bearyng 16 mounted 14 basket-hilted 13 unweaponed 13 disarming 13 timbred 12 timber'd 12 disarm'd 12 bare 12 weaponing 11 waightier 11 bearest 11 spoile 10 arme 10 forearm
BA:15:d	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Store of weapons/equipment
141 arsenal 122 pile 111 piles 84 arsenall 30 arsenals 28 gun-room 15 pyles 14 arcenal
BA:15:e	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Operation and use of weapons
1345 shot 1183 dart 1172 salvo 1147 dint 987 impetus 803 darts 759 darted 658 rifled 531 dent 517 stroke 398 darting 377 swadling 353 volley 328 vollies 303 salvos 303 weild 287 wield 268 shot 263 streit 222 rifling 206 volleys 206 imbrued 181 streits 176 ouershoote 170 dente 156 rifle 154 dartes 147 straik 146 sheathed 143 cloyed 142 imbrue 136 mounted 132 mace 131 volee 125 shoot 120 thrust 113 volly 113 discharged 111 cock 111 unsheath 103 cloy'd 102 unsheathed 100 hewed 94 dents 86 girding 83 cocke 82 fire 79 darted 79 showers 77 stoke 77 darte 76 stroak 76 stroake 71 strokes 71 streit 70 couched 70 discharge 70 hit 64 sheath'd 63 vnsheath 62 vnsheathed 60 ouershoot 58 mount 58 wielded 55 rake 54 unsheath'd 54 batter 54 battered 53 darteth 53 rang'd 53 ranged 52 loose 51 cocks 51 pistol-shot 48 cock'd 47 cockt 47 volleyes 47 quiver 47 overshoot 46 silenced 45 cloyd 44 shower 43 waded 43 quiuer 42 silence 42 elevation 41 wields 40 twang 40 dints 40 cocking 39 dismounted 39 dinte 39 foin 38 cloied 38 rifles 37 unsheathing 35 laden 34 shooting 33 unbent 33 discharg'd 32 dismount 32 hew 32 rifl'd 32 range 31 shoote 31 broadside 31 showres 30 dismounting 30 defuse 30 cockes 30 twang'd 29 mounting 29 vollie 28 firing 27 beaked 26 load 26 exercise 26 retch 25 broadsides 25 bombarded 25 defused 25 sheathe 24 shott 24 shotte 24 maul 23 glance 23 fichant 23 pelting 23 vollyes 23 vnsheathing 22 shoots 22 ranging 22 pistolled 22 imbruing 22 couching 22 cocked 21 fall 21 showre 21 proine 20 battering 20 glancing 20 mine 19 nailing 18 darts 18 naked 18 stoccado 18 loaden 18 discharging 17 maces 17 martel 17 unlade 16 wading 16 smite 16 glanced 15 proines 15 bombarding 15 exercises 15 nocked 15 raking 15 schot 14 vnbent 14 silencing 14 loading 14 loosing 14 lunges 14 hewing 13 nailed 13 foins 13 inrest 13 arietation 13 shots 13 stroaks 12 swaddling 12 aim'd 12 shott 12 sheathed 12 arrow-shot 12 coucht 12 cloyde 12 unbend 12 pistolling 12 primed 11 rest 11 battering 11 nake 11 dismounting 11 glace 11 voll 10 show'rs 10 showrs 10 arietations 10 glaced 10 flung 10 hew'd 10 maul'd 10 loosing 10 cannonaded 10 cock't 10 cudgel 10 quivers
BA:15:e:01	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Operation and use of weapons: Stroke with weapon
	1147 dint 531 dent 514 stroke 170 dente 146 straik 94 dents 79 showers 76 stroak 75 stroake 71 strokes 44 shower 40 dints 39 dinte 31 showres 24 maul 23 glance 21 showre 20 glancing 16 glanced 16 smite 13 stroaks 11 glace 10 glaced 10 show'rs 10 showrs 10 maul'd
BA:15:e:02	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Operation and use of weapons: Cut of sharp weapon
	263 streit 206 imbrued 181 streits 146 sheathed 142 imbrue 120 thrust 102 unsheathed 100 hewed 77 stoke 71 streit 70 couched 64 sheath'd 62 vnsheathed 54 unsheath'd 39 foin 37 unsheathing 32 hew 27 beaked 25 sheathe 23 vnsheathing 22 imbruing 22 couching 18 stoccado 18 naked 14 lunges 14 hewing 13 inrest 13 foins 12 sheathed 12 coucht 11 nake 11 rest 10 undrawn 10 sheathes 10 hew'd
BA:15:e:03	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Operation and use of weapons: Action of propelling missile
	1345 shot 1183 dart 1172 salvo 987 impetus 803 darts 759 darted 658 rifled 398 darting 353 volley 328 vollies 303 salvos 268 shot 222 rifling 206 volleys 176 ouershoote 156 rifle 154 dartes 136 mounted 131 volee 125 shoot 113 volly 113 discharged 111 cock 86 girding 83 cocke 82 fire 79 darted 77 darte 70 discharge 64 hit 60 ouershoot 58 mount 55 rake 53 rang'd 53 ranged 53 darteth 52 loose 51 cocks 51 pistol-shot 48 cock'd 47 volleyes 47 cockt 47 overshoot 47 quiver 43 quiuer 43 waded 42 elevation 40 cocking 40 twang 39 dismounted 38 rifles 35 laden 34 shooting 33 unbent 33 discharg'd 32 dismount 32 rifl'd 32 range 31 shoote 31 broadside 30 dismounting 30 cockes 30 twang'd 29 mounting 29 vollie 26 retch 26 load 25 bombarded 25 broadsides 24 shott 24 shotte 23 fichant 23 firing 23 pelting 23 vollyes 22 pistolled 22 cocked 22 shoots 22 ranging 21 proine 18 discharging 18 loaden 18 darts 17 unlade 16 wading 15 schot 15 nocked 15 raking 15 bombarding 15 proines 14 loading 14 loosing 14 vnbent 13 shots 12 shott 12 arrow-shot 12 pistolling 12 primed 12 unbend 11 voll 11 aim'd 10 cannonaded 10 cock't 10 loosing 10 flung 10 quivers
BA:15:e:04	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Operation and use of weapons: Use of mines and explosives
	20 mine
BA:15:e:05	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Operation and use of weapons: Putting weapons/equipment out of action
	143 cloyed 103 cloy'd 46 silenced 45 cloyd 42 silence 38 cloied 30 defuse 25 defused 19 nailing 14 silencing 13 nailed 12 cloyde
BA:15:f	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Production and development of arms
237 chaw 115 chawed 101 chawing 96 armorers 88 cullender 70 armorer 63 armorie 58 armory 56 mandrel 54 armourer 52 armourers 49 colander 49 feathered 33 munitioned 32 gunner 30 gunners 29 hilted 27 frushed 20 mandrels 15 patched 13 nocked 13 frush 12 gunsmith 11 pistolers 11 revent 10 munitions
BA:15:f:01	Armed hostility: Military equipment: Production and development of arms: Armourer
	96 armorers 70 armorer 54 armourer 52 armourers 32 gunner 30 gunners 12 gunsmith 11 pistolers