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[[File:lord of war 3296.jpg|link=Lord of War|frame|I sell to leftists and rightists. I'd sell to pacifists, but they're not the most regular customers.]]
{{quote|''"There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, how do we arm the other eleven?"''
|'''Yuri Orlov''', ''[[Lord of War]]''}}
▲{{quote|''"There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, how do we arm the other eleven?"''|'''Yuri Orlov''', ''[[Lord of War]]''}}
In its basic form, a person who sells weaponry. This results in a large variety of sub-types of these characters:
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These characters are generally depicted as slimy merchants of death, making money from brutal wars and providing the means to prolong the conflict. They may be inclined to start a [[War for Fun and Profit]], hoping to make money from selling weapons.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* [[Mad Scientist|Jail Scaglietti]] of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]''. It would be a shame to create all those advances in technology without someone using them after all. His biggest clients are {{spoiler|[[Government Conspiracy|the higher-ups]] of [[The Federation|the Time-Space Administration Bureau]] themselves}}.
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== Film ==
* In [[Casablanca]] Rick Blaine was this in his [[Backstory]] in Ethiopia and the Spanish Civil War. Apparently he did it for the cause though [[Not in This For Your Revolution|he was unwilling to admit it]] and certainly had no problem pocketing the pay he got out of it. He was told, "The winning side would have paid much better" and replied ambiguously. Actually of course, the winning side would not have paid at all as they would have been purchasing from reliable arms cartels, not smugglers while Ethiopians at least would have needed unconventional sources being strapped for cash. ▼
* Yuri Orlov, [[Villain Protagonist]] of ''[[Lord of War]]'' as well as a few others shown in the film. Yuri is the nephew of one of the "Former Reds With Rockets For Sale", who helped get him into the arms business. He also has a rival/nemesis in Simeon Weisz, a corporate lobyist version who also has some political motivations (specifically support for America and Israel). Despite falling into some [[Eagle Land]] and "evil Zionist" stereotypes, Simeon ''still'' comes across as better than Yuri.
* An Israeli one features in ''[[Charlie Wilson's War|Charlie Wilsons War]]'', played [[Fake Nationality|by Scot Ken Stott]].
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* Chevy Chase and Gregory Hines in ''[[Deal Of The Century]]''.
* There's a slightly unusual gun rurnner in ''[[The Salton Sea]]''.
▲* In ''[[Casablanca]]'', Rick Blaine was this
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* In the aftermath of the 3rd Harbinger battle in ''[[Aeon Entelechy Evangelion]]'' there were a lot of munitions that didn't explode or were abandoned in the chaos, which the local ghouls scavenge and sell to interested parties like the Eldritch Society.
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