Sidearm

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pistol. The reason given was: Technically, a sidearm doesn't have to be a pistol. However, aside from the M7, all the weapons on this page are pistols. This article is underutilized and effectively redundant.

Sidearm weapons are a class of light weapons.

These personal defense weapons (PDW) are much smaller than the standard shoulder-fired military service weapons or support weapons. They permit unimpeded movement and immediate access and use, especially during close-quarters combat or when operating vehicles, and usually requires only one hand to heft; which may allow the possibility of dual wielding. Usually, uniformed personnel wear their sidearm weapons openly, while personnel in civilian attire have their weapon concealed under their clothes. A sidearm may be carried alone, or as a back-up to a primary service weapon.

List of UNSC sidearm weapons

Melee weapons

• Combat knife
• Humbler stun device

Pistol weapons

• M6/PDWS Series
• Pocket pistol

Automatic weapon

• M7/Caseless Submachine Gun (When used as a personal defense weapon)

Other

• M363 Remote Projectile Detonator

List of Covenant sidearm weapons

Melee weapons

• Curveblade
• Energy cutlass
• Energy dagger
• Energy garrote
• Energy stave
• Energy sword
• Gravity hammer
• Jiralhanae combat knife

Pistol weapons

• Type-25 Directed Energy Pistol
• Type-52 Pistol

Automatic weapons

• Type-25 Carbine
• Type-33 Guided Munitions Launcher
• Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle
• Type-25 Directed Energy Rifle/Jiralhanae variant

List of Forerunner sidearm weapons

Pistol weapons

• Z-110 Directed Energy Pistol/Exotic
• Unidentified Forerunner weapon

Other

• Z-90 Photonic Coalescence Emitter/Aegis