WEAPONS

Description

F41 encompasses mechanical weapons and their components, including firearms, artillery, ammunition, and related firing mechanisms. This class covers the design and manufacture of conventional kinetic weapons systems such as guns, cannons, rifles, pistols, and their constituent parts (barrels, actions, breech mechanisms). It also includes non-firearm weapons like bows, crossbows, and catapults, as well as ammunition types, propellant charges, and ignition systems. Related blasting applications and pyrotechnic devices are covered under the broader F section heading, though primary focus remains on weaponry mechanisms and their technical implementation.

IPC and CPC are identically structured here. All 7 subcodes exist in both systems.

4 shared codes have differing titles between IPC and CPC.

Child Classifications

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F41A FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS COMMON TO BOTH SMALLARMS AND ORDNANCE, e.g. CANNONS; MOUNTINGS FOR SMALLARMS OR ORDNANCE heading since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41B WEAPONS FOR PROJECTING MISSILES WITHOUT USE OF EXPLOSIVE OR COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE; WEAPONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (projectiles for fishing, e.g. fish-spears, A01K81/00; sports implements for throwing A63B65/00, e.g. boomerangs A63B65/08; stationary apparatus for projecting sports balls, e.g. tennis balls, A63B69/40; throwing or slinging toys A63H33/18; knives, axes B26B; projectiles or missiles other than those incorporating springs as projecting means F42B6/00) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41C SMALLARMS, e.g. PISTOLS, RIFLES (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B); ACCESSORIES THEREFOR heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41F APPARATUS FOR LAUNCHING PROJECTILES OR MISSILES FROM BARRELS, e.g. CANNONS (smallarms F41C); LAUNCHERS FOR ROCKETS OR TORPEDOES; HARPOON GUNS (functional features or details common to both smallarms and ordnance, mountings therefor F41A; projecting missiles without use of explosive or combustible propellant charge F41B) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41G WEAPON SIGHTS; AIMING (optical aspects thereof G02B) heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41H ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC
F41J TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS heading IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC