The urban guerrilla's arms are light arms, easily exchanged, usually captured from the enemy, purchased, or made on the spot.
Light arms have the advantage of fast handling and quick transport.
In general, light arms are characterized as short barrelled. This includes many automatic arms. Automatic and semi-automatic arms considerably increase the fighting power of the urban guerrilla. The disadvantage of this type of arm for us is the difficulty in controlling it, resulting in wasted rounds or in a prodigious use of ammunition, compensated for only by optimal aim and firing precision. Men who are poorly trained convert automatic weapons into an ammunition drain.