Chakram
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The chakram is a throwing weapon that was used by the ancient Indians; it is basically a flat metal ring with a sharp outer edge from 5 to 12 inches in diameter.
The word comes from Sanskrit and means round, circle, or wheel. Earliest references come from Ramayana and Mahabharata epics (here chakram is the weapon of the god Indra). It was used by Indian armies, mostly by Sikhs.
It has effective range 40 to 50 meters. Because of its aerodynamic shape (similar to an aeroplane wing) it is not easily deflected by wind.
Movie, Television, and Entertainment
- The chakram is featured heavily in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, as the principal weapon of the title character.
- The character Django in the anime One Piece also uses the chakram.
- Oddjob from James Bond movie Goldfinger uses a chakram-like hat.
- In the movie Predator 2 the Predator has a laser guided Chakram-like weapon
- Razor-sharp plates are used for self-defense in Stephen King's The Wolves of the Calla.
- A chakram weapon is featured in the video game Secret of Mana.
- Colette Brunell of the video game Tales of Symphonia fights with two chakrams.
- Chrakram are throwing weapons that return to the thrower like a boomerang in the computer game Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
- The reploid Marino can obtain beam chakrams in the video game Mega Man X: Command Mission.
- Sun Shang Xiang uses two Chakrams in the game series Dynasty Warriors. In the game, she only has one move that throws them a very short distance.
