Sidearm



A side arm or sidearm is a weapon, usually a handgun but sometimes a dagger, knife or other melee weapon, which is worn on the body in a holster to permit immediate access and use. A sidearm is typically required equipment for military personnel and sometimes carried by law enforcement personnel. Usually, uniformed personnel of these services wear their weapons openly, while plainclothes personnel have their sidearms concealed under their clothes. A sidearm may be carried alone, or as a back-up to a primary weapon such as a rifle or carbine. Most standing armies also have service pistols.

Currently, the Fleet's standard sidearm is the Nagant Thermo Pulse 2222 for Ranks O-05 and below, Ranks O-06 and above may carry their choice of sidearm.