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The History of Firearms Development Part 1
« on: May 03, 2020, 01:19:56 am »
Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 5/2/2020

This Borepatch post got me thinking about the history of firearms development, and all the mistakes and blind alleys along the way. Plus I wanted to put up videos (where available) of how some of the weird firearms Borepatch described actually worked.

But before I did that, I realized I needed to delve into the basics of gunpowder and early firearms development, to set out things in chronological order.

Here’s a short one covering the invention of gunpowder in China, featuring primitive proto-firearms like the firelance, up through early European cannons, the hand-canon and the arquebus.

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More text and videos: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=44360

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Re: The History of Firearms Development Part 1
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2020, 02:19:57 am »
Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog 5/2/2020

This Borepatch post got me thinking about the history of firearms development, and all the mistakes and blind alleys along the way. Plus I wanted to put up videos (where available) of how some of the weird firearms Borepatch described actually worked.

But before I did that, I realized I needed to delve into the basics of gunpowder and early firearms development, to set out things in chronological order.

Here’s a short one covering the invention of gunpowder in China, featuring primitive proto-firearms like the firelance, up through early European cannons, the hand-canon and the arquebus.


More text and videos: https://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=44360

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Re: The History of Firearms Development Part 1
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2020, 05:09:46 am »
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