Weapons Through the Ages

name teacher Honors English 2 date Weapons Through the ages! The most famous primitive weapons is the Bow and arrows. Bows and arrows have been in use for about 7000 years. They were originally used for hunting but were adopted as an effective long range weapon. ( Weapons Technology 11 ) Native Americans are the most famous for using the Bow and Arrows. At first there arrows were tipped with stone or bone later European Traders supplied them with iron arrow heads. (Weapons Technology 12) Another Famous weapon is Clubs. Cavemen are most known for using a Club. They mainly used their clubs for tools and to hunt with. Medieval Knights used Crossbows in battle because they were more accurate then Bows. Knights would be on top of castle walls firing at enemy. Chinese invented black powder for fireworks but was then adopted for use in weapons. In February 1800, the baker rifle was the first rifle adopted by the British Army. The Baker had a shallow rifling just a quarter-turn in the length of the barrel. The Blunderbuss was made famous by sabering pirates. They used this weapon when they were over taking ships. The blunderbuss was like the shotgun of that time. The Sharps rifle is a famous American made gun deployed to solders during the civil war was well like by the solders because of its easy loading and long range. The Sharps was invented by Christian Sharps in 1848. The Green carbine was an American made gun that was produced for the British Army during the Crimean War. (Weapons A visual history 241) The first True Assault rifle was the STG-44. The STG-44 was developed in Nazi Germany during WW2 it was the first of its kind to see major deployment. The AK-47 is one of the most known guns in the world. The AK has been in many movies and TV shows. The AK47 was designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov a young tank commander. The AK-47 was introduced into service to select units of the Soviet Army in 1947. The ACR is a modern assault rifle designed by Magpul

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