The Evolution of Firearms
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Published 2015-06-12
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The history of war machines, hand-in-hand with the history of armed conflict, is intrinsically tied to the history of civilization and Man’s quest for the basic things in life.
The army most likely to win would be the army most invested in tactics and weaponry. Over the centuries those weapons ranged from the bow and arrows of the Greeks and Romans and the chariots that carried them, to armor, swords and chain mail. But one technological development left them all behind – the invention of gunpowder. Since then, the advances in weaponry have been both awe-inspiring, and frightening. Muskets gave way to rifles, then shotguns, and finally the semi-auto and automatic weapons used in modern warfare.
All Comments (21)
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whoever picked out the music for this should maybe not be in charge of music picking. When i watch something about firearms I should be looking around trying to figure out what's making that beeping sound.
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10:14 i thought my alarm was going off and I thought damn how long have I been up!
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14th century: handgonne
21st century: handgun
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Sure is incredible how accurate rifles can be at such far distances
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I absolutely love how people say the founding fathers couldn't see where firearms would be today and therefore the 2nd amendment is outdated. The founding fathers were mostly very educated men who maybe not entirely in the beginning but by the time of the writing of the constitution were masters of military arms in certain rights. These mf's saw from the flintlock to early repeating rifles and revolvers, canons, siege weapons, fucking submarines. They knew damn well where firearms were going and specifically made it very clear they shall not be infringed. Blows my damn mind, how can it be confused. George Washington was the general of the armed forces of the United States of America. Do you not think he saw a demonstration or 2, for everything from canons to warships, pocket pistols to puckle guns. Ffs puckle guns, exploding shot, warfare was even insidious back in that day but it's necessary for a free state to remain free and shall not be infringed.
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I've never really been into guns but especially towards the beginning of the video, it was so cool to see the innovations and how humans realized that a trigger or a slow burning rope was more effective. It's very interesting stuff
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I enjoyed how your presented the information with models and pictures. Thanks and good job. 👍🏽
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27:38 lmao half life 2 magnum model
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The greeks not the romans developed the phalanx. the romans developed the legion. so much for even a cursory glance at basic military history.
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Looks like some decent effort was put into this, but random that rifles were covered until percussion caps, but pistols were covered up to Glocks and biometric safeties. Also, grenades aren't firearms.
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Many have commented on the music, myself included. But having just watched again what might be the first episode of the series on innovation, I have grown to like the choice.
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This is my rifle this is my gun this is for fighting this is for fun
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It's fascinating how far humanity has come from rocks and sticks to now
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There were guns in 1200! That's insane!
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as a writer, i appreciate the high quality script writing of this documentary
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an interesting 52 minutes.thanks.
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You know its funny how the world switched from swords to guns!
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"which the romans used to develope the phalanx" which was notably a greek formation the romans developed into the legionary system.
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50:30 T-800 “Excellent”
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No black powder is better known as gunpowder.
