Partington, a British chemist, Chinese were using saltpeter-based compositions by 1000 A.D., long before they were known in the West. Research indicates that this manuscript is not a Latin translation of Greek work as originally thought, but a Latin translation of an Arabic work produced about the time of Roger Bacon and Albertus a HISTORY OF GUNPOWDER PARTINGTON S STUDIES Written records of the earliest use of firearms, and of the Words, the grenade preceded the gun, apparently by aĬonsiderable period of time.
Plosive properties for a long time before project items with lethal Gunpowder was certainly known as a chemical compound with expriate to consider the history of that Substance- 75 percent potassium nitrate (saltpeter), 15 percent charcoal, 10 percent sulphur- which provided the propelling power for all these weapons until the late 19th century. North Vietnam ("Democratic Republic of Vietnam")īefore entering upon a history of small arms, Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) ("Russia") Q Submachine Guns- Historical Development 149 10 The Military Revolver- Historical Outline 159 11ġ3 Argentina 14 Australia 15 Austria 16 BelgiumĢ8 East Germany: "German Democratic Republic" 29 West Germany: "Federal Republic Germany" 30 German (Third Reich) World War Small Arms offģ4 Indonesia 35 Iran (Persia) 36 Israel 3*7Ĥ2 New Zealand 43 Norway 44 Poland 45 Portugal 46 Rumania 47 Spain 48 SwedenĤ50 452 460 461 462 464 468 494 498 514 520 522 523 526 530 533 536 549 The Military Bolt Action in Europe Semiautomatic Riffle and Carbine Development Fred Datig of Luzern, Swiss Industrial Corp. of Oberndorf, and Carl Walther of Ulm a/d.īeretta of Gardone, Val Trompia, Brescia. Tom Nelson of that firm the Mars Equipment Co. Interarms, Alexandria, Va., especially Mr. Goins of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Ludwig Olson of the National Rifle Association Mr. Donald Rhode of Aberdeen Proving Ground and Col. Tom Wallace of the Springfield Armory Museum, Inc.
Craig Burden, all of that organization Mr. Army Foreign Science and Technology Center and Col. UNITED STATES: The following individuals and organizations of the Command: General F. The list below includes individuals who have assisted by encouragement as well as those who have Assistance has become more international in character, which bodes well for the future of the book. government.Īssistance has been received from many individuals, organizations, and business firms and indirectly in this and previous editions of this book. The Department of Defense, or any other branch of the U.S. The opinions expressed are my own and do not I
have tried to be objective in this book and have limited my comments to particular advantages or disadvantages of various systems. Hand-books or manuals, do not always makeīut sometimes the press of business makes the immediate answer of correspondence impossible am, however, grateful for all suggestions. Data givenĬlear whether the weights given are of the Lengths may vary because of the number of decimal in thisĬonversion from metric to English measurements. Weights will frequently vary by as much as one-half pound among weapons of the same type having wooden stocks, because of the varying density and humidity content of the woods used. The reader may find minor variations in the weapons characteristics listed book and in other books or even when checked against a sample weapon. Periences of recent years have taught us that they are New pistols, and new and modified machine guns have appeared in the Communist world.
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In the western world, a new series of prototype rifles chambered for the. Smith continues and it is hoped that these new editions batant nationsīoth the non-Communist and Communist world.
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Through the intervening years, the book- now in scope and size and currently covers every military small arm of significant usage in the world today, many developmental weapons, plus a section of sporting arms now by George Nonte. Twenty-six years ago a paper backed book of about one hundred pages, entitled aĪppeared on the market.