轻武器的一般概念是指单兵个人和班组使用的武器,它包括各种枪械及其弹药,单兵近战武器,如榴弹发射器、手榴弹、枪榴弹、单兵反坦克火箭。通常也把公安、武警部队使用的非杀伤性武器划归到轻武器范围,如:麻醉枪/弹、催泪枪/弹、声光弹等。轻武器虽然比重武器相对简单,体积小,质量轻,但设计中与重武器相比有其固有的特点与难点。轻武器的特点是个“轻”字,由于“轻”给设计者带来许多难点。 The general concept of SALW refers to the use of weapons by individual soldiers and squadrons, and includes a wide range of firearms and their ammunition, individual melee weapons such as grenade launchers, grenades, grenades and individual anti-tank rockets. Normally, non-lethal weapons used by the public security and armed police forces are also classified as light weapons, such as narcotic guns / bombs, tear gas guns / bombs, and sound and light bombs. Although the proportion of light weapons is relatively simple weapons, small size, light weight, but the design has its own characteristics and difficulties compared with heavy weapons. Light weapons are characterized by a “light” character, as “light” gives the designer many difficulties.