Ancient siege weapons Onager (siege weapon) 1. A round stone (often clay balls with combustible substance in them‚ which explode on impact and burst into flames) is put in the pouch and the arm is winched down. 2. The onager’s framework is made out of two beams from oak‚ which curve into humps. In the middle they have quite large holes in them‚ in which strong sinew ropes are stretched and twisted. A long arm is then inserted between the bundles of rope; at its end it has a pin and a pouch
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wonder what weapons were used in WW1? How about how they compare to todays standards? They affected their time period drastically in many ways. The German’s changed the game with tanks. They also brought chemical warfare into the war. The British impacted war in many ways and they used some great weaponry. The British used the Lee-Enfield .303‚ It was a bolt action rifle that help 10 bullets in the magazine. It was very rugged‚ being able to hold up throughout hard conditions and trench warfare. It was
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Thomas Newberg Chemical Weapons Convention Historically chemical weapons are rarely seen in combat but when they are they are used to great effect‚ killing thousands and injuring many more. Chemical weapons were first used in combat in May 1915 when the Germans released chlorine gas against the French in the Battle of Ypres. Over the course of WWI new chemical agents were developed including cyanide‚ phosgene and mustard gas. The Geneva Protocol of 1925 condemned chemical weapons but states that if
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In the movie series Pirates of the Caribbean‚ the information given on weaponry is mostly historically accurate. The weapons used in the movie are cannons‚ blunder bus‚ grenades‚ cutlas‚ swards‚ and cutlery. In the movie‚ typically cannons were not very accurate at long distances. But they could travel farther then other types of shot‚ making them a popular round at medium to long ranges anyway‚ especially in a defensive role‚which made them popular. Many people filled their cannon with cutlery
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Kyle Leech Teachers Name History 102 12/10/2013 Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Nuclear weapons possess enormous destructive power. This power is derived from nuclear fission and fusion reactions. These scientific advances were discovered in the 1930s. The Manhattan Project was the research and development project that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada. After Germany surrendered in World War II
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Medieval Weapons Research Paper During the Middle Ages‚ many battles and wars ignited an arms race between many medieval kingdoms. Hand to hand combat weapons were the most popular and were always advancing. Ranged weapons were deadly to front line opponents and could later on pierce armor. Siege weapons were the most essential in order to capture a castle or village and were constantly evolving. Medieval Weapons were deadly and dangerous‚ and were classified into three main groups: Combat weapons‚ Ranged
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of warfare‚ technology has progressed to the point where certain weapons have been banned due to their effectiveness at mass annihilation. Two of those weapons include chemical and biological weapons. These weapons are constructed solely to kill mass populations in the quickest amount of time as possible. Their most startling aspect is the cruelty in which lives are extinguished and brutalized. However‚ these two weapons are latently different. The definition of a chemical weapon is a weapon that
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Ban On Assault Weapons & High Capacity Magazines By: Ashlee Holt What is a high capacity magazine exactly? It is any magazine for a semi-automatic weapon that can hold more than 10 bullets. Pennsylvania voters want stricter laws on guns‚ including background checks on all purchases and bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Democrats controlled both the House and Senate‚ and the nation’s crime rate was a major concern. The assault weapons ban was part of an extensive crime
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For thousands of years‚ Vikings have been known to be blood-thirsty raiders. It has been a long belief that they were malevolent barbarians. Vikings had truthfully‚ never acted like wild and dirty looking people. After thousands of year of being interpreted as bad people‚ Vikings deserve a better name. The Vikings absolutely did not deserve their bad reputation. Vikings were naturally born raiders. In order to survive‚ the Vikings had to steal from others since they were unskilled in farming
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he Impact Of War and Weapons On Humans And The Environment Environmental Effects Of Weapons Chemical Weapons Approximately 19 million gallons of Agent Orange were used by the US military in southern Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. An aggressive herbicide which defoliates trees‚ it was used on a large scale in Vietnam’s jungles to enable US troops to spot Communist troops more easily. It eradicated around 15% of South Vietnam’s vegetation‚ and gave rise to serious health problems for the
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