"Top 5 Weapons for a Dwarf?" Topic

What weapons do you commonly associate with Dwarves?

Axe, Poleaxe, axe, axe and beer stein. Well, you did axe me.

You left out Hammer & War Hammer.

Axe, Maul, War Hammer, Bow, Polearm

Head butt.

Sarcasm: "That still only counts as one!"-- Gimli to Legolas, after the elf had toppled an enormous oliphant and its howdah crew.

Knee biting

…and Mattocks

Another Dwarf.

"Head butt."

With or without pickelhaube…? ;-)

Tavern furniture.

Throwing axe, one handed axe, two handed axe, battle axe, mattock, hammer, warhammer.

While technically not weapons, helmets, high quality armor and shields are also high on the equipment lists.

Ax (in many configurations) & warhammer

Battle muffins, drop scones.

Nunchucks.

Platform Shoes with a Goldfish
Horny Helm Headbutt
Sarcasm
Beer Stein
Beer Farts and Breath

… oh … maybe a pick, an axe, or a hammer … or something … forging tool … iron tongs … safety scissors?

1) An Axe
2) Another axe…

A huge double-headed battle axe that is actually twice as long as the dwarf is tall.

Per TGerritson's contribution, another dwarf, but that one is holding the huge double-headed battle axe, thus increasing the first dwarf's effective range to (dwarf arm) + (dwarf from ankle to extended arm) + (battle axe length).

ICBMs
They only need a small stepladder to reach the big red button.

Piece of a oak tree

Axe and mattock

AK-47

Axe, Sword, Bow, Spear and Shield.

Axe, Hammer, Crossbow, Blunderbuss, War Pick.

Axe, picks and shovels.

Axe, Warhammer, Mace, Pick, Polearms.

Sten gun, .500 S&W revolver, Tomahawk, Bowie Knife and stick grenades

Tomahawk

Just to be clear, with a capital "T", we're talking about this ..?

A good subterfuge to the stereotype. Ninja stars, poison in the teacup, a finger needle, a silk garrot, and best of all a beautiful, female assassin to do the real fighting.

In one of my summer Teen Library D&D sessions, a dwarf went into battle as follows:

Killed 4 goblins with a picnic table.
Killed 1 goblin with his bare hands, and then proceeded to pummel two more to death with the dead goblin.
Charged the big bad while holding a stuffed, skeletal teddy bear. Technically, that wasn't a weapon, but he held it instead of a shield.

So I'll add:
Picnic table
Dead goblin
Teddy bear

I've sometimes thought dwarfs ought use spears/pikes to compensate for their poor reach.

In practice I mainly associate them with axes, hammers, and crossbows, though.

Blunderbuss
Grenades
Half-pike
Herring
Wrist-cataupult

Dwarves reflect a generalized old norse/Viking look (though often at a late medieval, renaissance or early modern level of technology) and their weapons reflect that, with a fantasy touch- axes, hammers, swords, spears. etc. plus the odd pick, mattock, or similar mining or smithing implement. It is also not uncommon to see heavy weaponry, such as poleaxes, especially when paired with plate armor. Generally, they are attributed a high level of technical proficiency, including smelting and forging, so they are associated with high quality steel weaponry and armor (commonly chain or plate armor with lighter textile or leather armor for scouts/miners, if present). Crossbows and, in some settings, firearms complete their armories.
Would you distinguish between 2 handed and single handed variants of melee weaponry?
For top 5 I would say:
Axe (and 2 handed)
Hammer ( and 2 handed)
Crossbow

Shields could be up there (especially round and tower shields), but are generally considered body armor.

Axe (any sort)
Hammer (any sort)
Crossbow

Who needs five options?

My Squats all use ranged weapons, many of them heavy, e.g. ML, HMG, etc., …