![A tower of confiscated smuggled weapons about to be set ablaze in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2007](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1805.jpg?itok=C0uauGgR)
A tower of confiscated smuggled weapons about to be set ablaze in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2007
Source: Photo by Fredrick Onyango
![Weapons reportedly found on a Palestinian boat by the Israel Defense Forces in 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1806.jpg?itok=-JgFhO6_)
Weapons reportedly found on a Palestinian boat by the Israel Defense Forces in 2011
![Ceramic illustration of an arms transaction over the entrance of the Lambert Sevart weapons factory in Liege, Belgium](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1807.jpg?itok=wVdJ2l8P)
Ceramic illustration of an arms transaction over the entrance of the Lambert Sevart weapons factory in Liege, Belgium
Source: Photo by Olnnu
![Workers assemble Browning-Inglis Hi-Power pistols at a Canadian munitions plant in 1944.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1808.jpg?itok=mv0pqmom)
Workers assemble Browning-Inglis Hi-Power pistols at a Canadian munitions plant in 1944.
![DEA agents escort international arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was extradited to the United States in 2010.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1810.jpg?itok=dfXV9bsf)
DEA agents escort international arms dealer Viktor Bout, who was extradited to the United States in 2010.
Source: Drug Enforcement Administration
![The Dreyse needle gun is a military breechloading rifle used by the Prussian infantry beginning in 1841. This model is from 1865.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1812.jpg?itok=XhQL7fq0)
The Dreyse needle gun is a military breechloading rifle used by the Prussian infantry beginning in 1841. This model is from 1865.
Source: PHGCOM via Wikipedia
![Detail of the flintlock of an 18th-century hunting rifle Detail of the flintlock of an 18th-century hunting rifle](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1813.jpg?itok=PU7PLt-b)
Detail of the flintlock of an 18th-century hunting rifle
![British soldiers operate a Vickers machine gun during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1815.jpg?itok=v20jvr-g)
British soldiers operate a Vickers machine gun during the Battle of the Somme, July 1916.
Source: Photo by John Warwick Brooke
![A Nordenfelt submarine in 1886. Infamous arms dealer Basil Zaharoff sold this model to both the Greeks and the Turks in the late 1880s.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1816.jpg?itok=CJNjndMw)
A Nordenfelt submarine in 1886. Infamous arms dealer Basil Zaharoff sold this model to both the Greeks and the Turks in the late 1880s.
Source: Wikimedia Commons
![An Afghanistan National Police instructor demonstrates use of a Chinese-made AK-47 assault rifle.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1818.jpg?itok=ydsizJib)
An Afghanistan National Police instructor demonstrates use of a Chinese-made AK-47 assault rifle.
![International arms dealer Samuel Cummings International arms dealer Samuel Cummings](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1822.jpg?itok=IhaJnpUQ)
International arms dealer Samuel Cummings
![A Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet, a popular export product of the Russian military industry](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4-3-img1823.jpg?itok=X61OJOAg)
A Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet, a popular export product of the Russian military industry
Source: Photo by Sergey Krivchikov