This heading covers all military weapons other than the revolvers and pistols of heading 93.02 and the arms of heading 93.07. The heading includes separately presented weapons and firearms designed to form part of the armament of vessels, armoured trains, aircraft, tanks or armoured cars.
The heading includes :(1) Artillery weapons and infantry support weapons, i.e., all types of cannon and ordnance (fixed or on wheels, tracks, etc.), such as field, medium, heavy and super-heavy artillery, long-range guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns, howitzers and mortars. Long-range guns mounted on railway wagons also fall in this heading (and not in Chapter 86). Mobile and self-propelled guns, which should be distinguished from tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles of heading 87.10, are also classified here. (2) Arms capable of continuous and very rapid fire; some are suitable for handling by one man. This group includes machine-guns, sub-machine-guns (machine-pistols) and other continuous-fire weapons. (3) Military firearms such as rifles and carbines. (4) Other specialised military projectors, for example, military rocket projectors and launchers, other than those of heading 93.03; apparatus for the discharge of depth-charges; torpedo tubes; flame-throwers (apparatus for projecting an ignited volatile liquid at an enemy) other than flame guns specialised for destroying weeds (heading 84.24).
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