- List
- Wassenaar Arrangement – Munitions List – WA-LIST (25) 1
a. Guns, howitzers, cannon, mortars, anti-tank weapons, projectile launchers, military flame throwers, rifles, recoilless rifles and smooth-bore weapons;
Note 1 ML2.a. includes injectors, metering devices, storage tanks and other specially designed components for use with liquid propelling charges for any of the equipment specified in ML2.a.
Note 2 ML2.a. does not apply to weapons as follows:
a. Rifles, smooth-bore weapons and combination guns, manufactured earlier than 1938;
b. Reproductions of rifles, smooth-bore weapons and combination guns, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;
c. Guns, howitzers, cannons, mortars, manufactured earlier than 1890;
d. Smooth-bore weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes. These weapons must not be specially designed for military use or of the fully automatic firing type;
e. Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for any of the following:
1. Slaughtering of domestic animals;
2. Tranquillizing of animals;
3. Seismic testing;
4. Firing of industrial projectiles; or
5. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs);
N.B. For disruptors, see ML4. and 1.A.6. on the Dual-Use List.
f. Hand-held projectile launchers specially designed to launch tethered projectiles having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of less than or equal to 500 m.
b. Projectors, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:
1. Smoke canister projectors;
2. Gas canister projectors;
3. "Pyrotechnic" device or cartridge projectors;
Note ML2.b. does not apply to signal pistols.
c. Accessories specially designed for the weapons specified in ML2.a., as follows:
1. Weapon sights and weapon sight mounts, specially designed for military use;
2. Signature reduction devices;
3. Mountings;
4. Detachable cartridge magazines.
d. Not used since 2019
Note 1 ML2.a. includes injectors, metering devices, storage tanks and other specially designed components for use with liquid propelling charges for any of the equipment specified in ML2.a.
Note 2 ML2.a. does not apply to weapons as follows:
a. Rifles, smooth-bore weapons and combination guns, manufactured earlier than 1938;
b. Reproductions of rifles, smooth-bore weapons and combination guns, the originals of which were manufactured earlier than 1890;
c. Guns, howitzers, cannons, mortars, manufactured earlier than 1890;
d. Smooth-bore weapons used for hunting or sporting purposes. These weapons must not be specially designed for military use or of the fully automatic firing type;
e. Smooth-bore weapons specially designed for any of the following:
1. Slaughtering of domestic animals;
2. Tranquillizing of animals;
3. Seismic testing;
4. Firing of industrial projectiles; or
5. Disrupting Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs);
N.B. For disruptors, see ML4. and 1.A.6. on the Dual-Use List.
f. Hand-held projectile launchers specially designed to launch tethered projectiles having no high explosive charge or communications link, to a range of less than or equal to 500 m.
b. Projectors, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:
1. Smoke canister projectors;
2. Gas canister projectors;
3. "Pyrotechnic" device or cartridge projectors;
Note ML2.b. does not apply to signal pistols.
c. Accessories specially designed for the weapons specified in ML2.a., as follows:
1. Weapon sights and weapon sight mounts, specially designed for military use;
2. Signature reduction devices;
3. Mountings;
4. Detachable cartridge magazines.
d. Not used since 2019