What types of small arms and light weapons are there and in which countries? Where are which types of small arms produced? What are the different categories of small arms and light weapons? How can small arms be distinguished from one another? An English-language database on small arms and light weapons, which BICC is currently developing in close cooperation with the Verification Center of the Bundeswehr (ZVBw) and with funding from the German Foreign Office (AA), sets out to answer these and similar questions.