Personal weapons (or small arms) - designed to be used by a single person.

Several things were learned which applied directly to personal weapon design.

About half of them were carrying their personal weapons, and these started moving downhill.

It's your right to choose not to carry a personal weapon.

We never did have a complete inventory of personal weapons and equipment.

Its infantry can fire their personal weapons from inside the vehicle.

This was on top of their own personal weapon and ammunition.

Company commanders also have ammunition available for their own personal weapons.

And we'll want a new personal weapons issue, of course."

More seriously, why regulate personal weapons at all given these figures?

The commander must take vigorous action, using his personal weapons if necessary.

We just have the body armor and our own personal weapons."

A blade is a personal weapon, an extension of the hand.

The crew were equipped with personal weapons for self defense.

Except that people with little or no education have the most technically sophisticated personal weapons.

Battles are won by men, standing with their feet on the ground, using personal weapons."

So, there is no specific gun issued to an individual officer as his own personal weapon.

He was also allowed to retain his personal weapon, unusual even for the time.

The guys had been fallen out without their personal weapons (probably because the "general" was afraid of getting shot).

He was not surprised to learn that each member had concealed a personal weapon of some sort about them.

It was not standard issue, but rather a personal weapon or tool that the soldiers brought with them from home.

"Post regulations won't allow personal weapons in the accommodations areas."

"The black bag has knives, but there's no rule against personal weapons."

The larger one is roughly a thousand times more powerful than the personal weapon.

"He said you'd need it, even if you do think personal weapons are obsolete antiques."