A hand-held weapon is any piece of weapon technology designed to fit in the hand of a humanoid or other intelligent lifeform. Most all mêlée weapons are, by definition, hand-held in their most basic form, and hand-held versions of many projectile weapons and directed energy weapons exist.

Types of hand-held weaponsEdit

• blaster
• cannon
• grenade
• launcher
• mêlée weapon
• pistol
• rifle