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This is an extensive list of antique guns made before the year 1900 and including the first functioning firearms ever invented. The list is not comprehensive; create an entry for listings having none; multiple names are acceptable as cross-references, so that redirecting hyperlinks can be established for them.
The history of the firearm begins in 10th-century China, when tubes containing gunpowder projectiles were mounted on spears to make portable fire lances. [1] Over the following centuries, the design evolved into various types, including portable firearms such as flintlocks and blunderbusses , and fixed cannons, and by the 15th century the ...
List of military weapons of the United States. This is a list of all military weapons ever used by the United States. This list will include all lists dealing with US weapons to show all weapons ever used by the United States of America.
The J. Curtis Earl Weapons Exhibit is an impressive collection of rare, historic and valuable guns, particularly fully automatic weapons, which were a specialty of the collection’s donor, J ...
Conservation-Restoration. Conservation-restoration work on historic firearms is a series of procedures designed to stabilize, repair or restore parts, and stop deterioration. [1] Stabilizing a firearm means establishing the ideal environment conditions, removing corrosion, replacing missing components, and repairing broken parts.
The M249 SAW, M240, MK 19, and M2 machine guns can be mounted on vehicles. BGM-71 TOW mounted on Humvee and JLTV variants, as well as M2 and M3 Bradley. The M134 Minigun fires 7.62mm ammunition at 3,000 to 4,000 rpm. The M3P Machine Gun, an M2 variant with a higher rate of fire mounted on the Avenger Humvee.
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile ), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
Girsan Gun Industry: GIRSAN: Türkiye Grünig + Elmiger: Kurt Grünig & Heinz Elmiger Grünig + Elmiger AG Switzerland Civilian Target rifles Glock: Gaston Glock: Glock Ges.m.b.H. Austria Haenel Carl Gottlieb Haenel C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik: Germany Civilian, law enforcement, military Heckler & Koch Heckler & Koch: Germany Henry ...