Guns The Evolution of Firearms

  • : 2013
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From Gunpowder to the Blunderbuss
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08, 2013
Episode one begins with the development of gunpowder by a Chinese alchemist, used for fireworks displays and later military applications, including gunpowder-packed arrows, cannons, and .. show full overview
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From the Flintlock to the Percussion Cap
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08, 2013
The strain between the colonists and the British Parliament, the threat of conflict, and the colonists' stockpiling of arms and ammunition for use in the coming war for independence .. show full overview
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The Weapons of the Civil War
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08, 2013
Episode three focuses in on the guns of the North and South, notably the smoothbore muskets on both sides, some converted to percussion guns, some not, and some coming straight from the .. show full overview
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Post Civil War Weapons
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08, 2013
The 1873 "trapdoor" Springfield is the first focus of episode four. Also noted early is the Gatling gun that, by 1893, was capable of firing some 800 rounds per minute, spurring an .. show full overview
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The Weapons of World War 1
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08, 2013
Episode five focuses largely on the U.S. weapons of World War I, a war in which American soldiers would first face the devastating Maxim machine gun, a weapon that used recoil to eject .. show full overview
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The Weapons of World War 2
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08, 2013
Episode six begins with the development of the Thompson .45 caliber submachine gun and its wide usage in prohibition and depression era America in the lead-up to World War II. The .. show full overview
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Post World War 2 to Today
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08, 2013
Two decades after World War II, American forces entered into the Vietnam Conflict and required a new weapon to face a new enemy on a new battlefield. The heavy hitting (and flat-out .. show full overview

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