Weapon

Pirate Weapons By: Adriana POW! Boom! Bang! The Guns were fired at the ship across the sea. The pirates joined together and fought off their enemies with the different varieties of weapons: guns, cannons, and knives. Pirates used different weapons because each type of weapon had varying effects on their targets. To begin with pirates used guns, such as muskets. They were best for long range shooting because of the long barrel in the front. Muskets weren’t that accurate compared to other guns. Muskets are also known to be really slow with reloading so pirates preferred Blunderbusses. Compared to muskets, blunderbusses were best with close range battles. Another Gun that was preferred over the other guns was a Pistol because it was easy to…

Many different weapons with many different utilizations were used during World War II in the united states. Every weapon helped us to win the war. There were various different categories and each weapon had different ways in aiding the victory of World War II. The United States used numerous different weapons, all categories had different usages, to win World War II. The rifle was the standard issue weapon in WWII. There were essentially two types of rifles, bolt action rifles and semi-automatic…

predominantly caused the knightly class in Europe to disappear, because unlike previous ranged weapons developments, firearms took no skill to operate and had the power to punch through the armor of knights. Without the protection afforded by armor, knights had no reason to continue using it. Afterall, it was heavy, cumbersome, and expensive. It became more economical and effective for kings to create standing armies supplemented…

inventions and new leaps for mankind. Weapons are used in our daily lives, in the 1600s they had the, flintlock, bayonet and your typical rifle. These were a form of protection for many. Flintlock’s come in all shapes and sizes, like the pistol, musket, and the rifle, this gun has some minor setbacks. The gun had a lot of false fires and continuously needed to be cleaned so it wouldn’t cause harm. Bayonets were great for short distance military uses to attack enemies from behind or when they…

arming sword, a longer, heavier, diamond-shaped blade designed for thrusting and stabbing. The idea was to thrust the blade through the spaces between the plates of armor, such as the armpit, neck or groin. Longswords were also known as hand-and-a-half and bastard swords. An entire martial art of sword fighting in Germany developed around the longsword. Falchion The falchion was a single edged, shorter, broader blade with a curve up to the point. Many Crusader knights carried falchions; the…

“Swords are a long-edged piece of forged metal used in civilizations throughout the world, they are used primarily as a cutting or thrusting weapon and occasionally for clubbing” (“Medieval Weapons & Armour”). “The word sword comes from the Old English sweord, from a Proto-Indo-European root *swer- "to wound, to cut"(“Medieval Weapons & Armour“). Falchion “(from Old French fauchon, ultimately from Latin falx "sickle”) “is a one-handed, single-edged sword of European origin, whose design is…

Knight’s commonly used them until technological changes led to the longswords popularity. The arming sword was overall a light, versatile weapon. It was capable of both cutting and thrusting in combat; and usually has excellent balance. Although many sword designs fall under the arming sword, they are more commonly referred to as single handed double edged swords. Most blades made by smiths between the 12th-14th centuries seem to vary between 30 and 32 inch in length.…

[Title]: [Subtitle] Do you agree that people should have concealed weapons with them? In fact is we live in a corrupt world, everyone needs to have at least one weapon to protect themselves. In the article, “5 arguments against gun control — and why they are all wrong,” Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes discusses how lethal weapons could help and harm the people. According to the author, some people who know how to use weapon the right way could help to the society. But for people who don’t know…

America is caught up in an important war and the problem is that very few people realize this fact. The war in which I am referring is whether or not to ban assault weapons. Now I’m not proposing a complete ban on all guns as that would be a violation of the 2nd Amendment which we will examine later. However, as we will see in the examples highlighted below, assault weapons are not normal guns and consequently I believe that they must be banned from civilian use. What are the problems? Let’s…

There were many weapons in Medieval times, but some of the most effective were long range weapons. There were many types of long range weapons, the most influential were the longbow and the crossbow. Some other long range weapons that were not so effective compared with the crossbow and longbow were slingshots and throwing axes. These weapons may not have been as effective but they were much cheaper and easier to use. How were long range weapons made? Two main weapons dominated in the Medieval…