Where were weapons invented?
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In China, were everything was invented  of course .  Dont believe it?  Just ask them  :D
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there not,we have had a whole new system in operation for awhile now.and every day we are getting newer high tech weapons to use.for a true,more explained detail try to send that question (WHICH IS A GOOD QUESTION) to the TV show MAIL CALL. i don't know if you have seen the show,but they answer questions such as yours in detail.its a military show about the equipment used in wars. I'm sorry i don't have the email to them but you probably can get it by looking up the shows name MAIL CALL on the web.
475888
During the 12th and 13th century in Europe there was a radical change in the rate of new inventions, innovations in the ways of managing traditional means of production, and economic growth. The period saw major technological advances, including the invention of cannons, spectacles and artesian wells; and the cross-cultural introduction of gunpowder, silk, compass and astrolabe from the east. There were also great improvements with ships and upon the clock. The latter advances made possible the dawn of the Age of Exploration.
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Somewhere around 1249, the Chinese of the Song Dynasty began to load early gunpowder in the middle of thick bamboo as a projection firearm, firing clay pellets like a shotgun.  There is no record of the first victim.
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http://coltmfg.com has a way to get info on the weapon
99843
The Chinese invented lots of things in antiquity. Which four might you be thinking of?\n\nWriting? \nWheelbarrows?\nThe calendar?\nFireworks?\nCeramic glaze?\nPaper?\nChopsticks?\nKites?\nThe compass?\nThe abacus?
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Here's a link to a list of inventions.  I'll leave you to figure out which ones are most important how they changed the world.\n\nhttp://www.crystalinks.com/chinainventions.html
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Try doing a search for weapons of the colonial war.\n\nHope this helps.\n\nThank you very much, while you're up.
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It came from England during the 100 Years War. The English, or Welsh, used a weapon called a "longbow". You would pull the string of the longbow back with your middle finger and pluck it to release the arrow which could be accurate up to 250 yards. The French were so afraid of the English longbow, that they would cut the middle fingers off the English they captured to keep them from using the longbow. When the English won the war they held up their middle fingers to the French as a jester to say "I can still pluck you." In the translation over time it came to be known as "F*** You!"
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I think that quote came from a philosopher or a writer during the times wherein swords and spears are the only weapons and guns are not yet invented. These kind of men fought their government by writing novels,essays poems,etc. denouncing the dictatorship of their leaders. Instead of a bloody revolt,w/c means taking up arms (swords),they choose to convey their grievances w/c in turn influenced the public. Because of what they learned from the writings.the public revolt causing many governments to topple down.
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swordsmen.  I have a high respect for the sword and those who would use it.  The sword is the only weapon specifcally made for killing another man and you have to be so close to him that doing just that will either kill you deep inside or liberate you.
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Combat evolved along w/the weapons used at the time. ie/jousting was first used to settle arguments. time went on and it became a spectator sport. as far as weapons are conserned: armor piercing arrows did away w/heavy armor tictical assults made the knight too slow and out dated. then gun powder was westernized and pistol deuling took its place.
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China.\nCheck this link http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpapermaking.htm
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VISIT\nin.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Weapons/Personal_Defence/
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yup.\n18 century is 1700's\n\nbtw it was found by the chinese earlier than that\n\nGunpowder is considered one of the Four Great Inventions of the Chinese, though in fact it is not known whether it was first invented in China.\n\nThe first type of gunpowder was black powder. Neither its inventors nor exact date of creation is known. Historians of various cultures have postulated that it was invented between the seventh or ninth centuries by either the Chinese or the Arabs. In the West, Roger Bacon was the first to describe the formula for gunpowder on the ground of a passage in his On Marvelous Power of Art and Nature in 1242, leading many in the ensuing centuries to the mistaken belief that Bacon invented gunpowder -- even though Bacon himself mentioned that gunpowder was known in diverse places (see Opus tertium, by order of Pope Clement IV in 1266). It is also possible that black powder was invented independently by more than one culture at around the same time. As James Partington states in A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder:\n\n    "Gunpowder is not, of course, an 'invention' in the modern sense, the product of a single time and place; no individual's name can be attached to it, nor can that of any single nation or region. Fire is one of the primordial forces of nature, and incendiary weapons have had a place in armies' toolkits for almost as long as civilized states have made war."\n\nRegardless of origin, gunpowder was the first chemical propellant and the first explosive recorded in history.\n\nThe Arabs are generally credited with being the first to purify gunpowder to contain almost no sodium nitrate (only potassium nitrate) and to have a high enough quality to use effectively as a combat explosive. By the 15th century they had invented both a rocket and torpedo, both spear-tipped. The spear would lodge into a boat or other large surface and then the explosives would detonate as the propellant burned out.\n\nOne of the flaws of black powder in its original form was its tendency to "demix" under the effects of vibration, e.g. in the knapsack of a marching soldier. The component ingredients would separate, and the powder sample poured into a gun would not have the correct proportions. The same volume of powder, depending on its vibration history and whether it was sampled from the top or bottom of the powder container, could either fizzle or burst the gun barrel. "Corning" is the process that prevented demixing and made black powder far more reliable. It was invented in Europe around the fifteenth century, and involves forcing damp powder through a sieve to form it into granules. Each granule contains a mixture of the three ingredients with nearly optimum proportions.
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weapons, oil and construction
190724
Well, I couldn't find much of anything, either, other than Hermitage Arms Co. (aka Hermitage Gun Co.) used various manufacturers to create their guns. So maybe the Stevens gun that you found was then remade for Hermitage? Sorry. Good luck!