An armorer or armourer (US English/Commonwealth English) was in former times a smith who specialized in manufacturing and repairing arms and armor. In modern times, the word may also designates a member of a modern military or police force who maintains and repairs weapons systems, with some duties resembling those of a civilian gunsmith. Though the demand for traditional armor and weaponry has significantly decreased in modern times the profession has survived primarily as suppliers for recreation societies, period costumes, and novelty items such as recreated weapons from movies or literature. American English or U.S. English is the diverse form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. ... Commonwealth English is intended as a collective term for the perceived standard English language used in the Commonwealth of Nations1, applying in theory to Australian English, British English, Caribbean English, Canadian English, Hiberno-English (Irish English)2, Hong Kong English3, Indian English (includes Pakistani English), New Zealand English, and South... A smith or metalsmith is a person involved in the shaping of metal objects. ... The bayonet, still used in war as both knife and spearpoint. ... Alternative meanings: vehicle armour, Armor (novel) A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ... Gunsmith - a person who repairs and modifies firearms to blueprint and customer specifications, using handtools and machines, such as grinders, planers, and millers. ...

United States Military

The title "armorer" was formerly part of several Military Occupational Specialty designations across the services. Even where the title has disappeared, those with duties similar to those of earlier armorers are often referred to as such. A Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a job classification in use in the U. S. Army and the U. S. Marine Corps. ...

Obsolete "Armorer" MOS Classifications

• Army of the United States (United States Army in WWII to the end of the war in Vietnam)
  • 511 Armorer
• United States Army Air Force (WWII-era successor to the United States Army Air Corps, precursor to the United States Air Force).
  • 911 Airplane Armorer
  • 612 Airplane Armorer-Gunner