Guns, Germs And Steel Gavin Kersellius, Scott Craig, Matt
Mahfood, Omer Sharf
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Guns in the 17 th and 18 th centuries Matt Mahfood The 17 th
and 18 th century was a prosperous time for technology. The 18 th
century had more of an advance due to the industrial revolution.
These centuries had some of the earliest versions of guns we use
today.
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Muskets The 75 Caliber British Musket was a popular model used
back then They were large for a musket but production of a smaller
version was quickly started They were used in the battle of the
Alamo in 1847 but invented way before
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Muskets 2 The French Charleville musket was much like the
British Musket. They both were very inaccurate but very powerful.
Their fire rates were around One shot per 15 seconds. They were
said to have a 43% hit chance when being fired by soldiers.
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Pistols There were also many pistols that were brought in. Some
popular models were The French Flintock, The T.H. Bolton and the
Watken. The Aiulle Flintock was also a popular model.
Info World war II had a massive impact on global technology.
Its main impact was on weapons such as, Pistols and Handguns,
Rifles, Machine Guns, Anti-Tank Weapons and Grenades.
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Pistols and Handguns These weapons were rarely used and thought
of as back up weapons. The most common were the; American M1917
Revolver Smith & Wesson M&P German Walther P38 Luger
P08
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Pistols and Handguns Italian Beretta Modello 1934 Beretta
Modello 1935 Japanese Nambu Type 14 Type 26 Soviet Nagant M1895
Tokarev TT-30/TT-33
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Rifles These guns were the backbone of the war and were the
most commonly used They did any job from the long range sniper shot
to the close range hip fire. Bolt-action Rifles Sniper Rifles
Semi-Automatic Rifles Assault Rifles
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Rifles American M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle M1 Garand German
Mauser Karabiner 98 Kurz Italian Carcano M1891 Moschetto da
Cavelleria
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Rifles Japanese Type 38 Rifle Type 2 Rifle Soviet Mosic-Nagan
M1891/30, M1938, M1944 Tokarev SVT-38, SVT-40
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Machine Guns This german invention from world war I was used
main for close to medium range contact. These were simple,
reliable, cheap and easily produced. Sub Machine Guns Light Machine
Guns
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Sub Machine Guns & Light Machine Guns American Browning M2
Heavy Machine Gun Thompson M1928, M1928A1, M1, M1A1 German
Maschinengewehr 1942 (MG 42) Maschinenpistole 1938/1940
(MP-38/40)
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Grenades The hand grenade was the first weapon which provided
soldiers with personal artillery they could carry in their pockets,
which was as easy to use as throwing a stone, and as lethal as an
artillery shell.
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile A ballistic missile with a
long range Designed for nuclear weapons delivery Different types of
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles Intermediate-range ballistic
missiles (IRBMs) Medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs)
Short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs)
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Modern ICBM Deployed from: in missile silos on submarines on
heavy trucks
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1975 Present Scott Craig
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Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor First stealth plane ever, most
sophisticated aircraft in the world. Exceeded USAF expectations
Operated by the US Air Force. First operational mission: January,
2006
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Specifications TECHNICAL NOTES: Crew: One Armament: One 20mm
M-61A2 Vulcan cannon with 480 rounds; internal side weapon bays can
carry two AIM-9 Sidewinder infrared missiles each; and main
internal weapon bays can carry either six AIM- 120C radar-guided
missiles (air-to-air loadout) or two AIM-120C missiles and two
1,000-lb GBU-32 JDAMs (air-to-ground loadout) AIM-9 Sidewinder AIM-
120C Engines: Two Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines
of approx. 35,000 lbs. thrust each with afterburners and
two-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles. Maximum speed: Approx.
Mach 2.0
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M1 Abrams Tank American battle tank, delivered in to US Army in
1980. Operators: Australia, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Saudi
Arabia. Depleted Uranium Armor. Main Armament: 120mm M256
Smoothbore Gun.
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Zubr Class LCAC Largest hovercraft in the world. In commission:
1988 - Present Russian Made. Nine Ships Active Operators: Greece,
Russia, Ukraine Protected against WMDs
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C-17 Globemaster III In operation: Since 1900s Built by Boeing.
Primary operators: RAF, USAF, Australian AF, Canadian AF. Widely
used as it can be landed on rough terrain and fly long distances.
Durable, used for humanitarian as well as military purposes.
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Capabilities and Functionality The C-17's ability to fly long
distances and land in remote airfields in rough, land-locked
regions make it a premier transporter for military, humanitarian
and peacekeeping missions. It can: Take off from a 7,600-ft.
airfield, carry a payload of 160,000 pounds, fly 2,400 nautical
miles, refuel while in flight and land in 3,000 ft. or less on a
small unpaved or paved airfield in day or night. Carry a cargo of
wheeled U.S. Army vehicles in two side-by-side rows, including the
U.S. Army's main battle tank, the M-1. Three Bradley
infantry-fighting vehicles comprise one load. Drop a single
60,000-lb. payload, with sequential load drops of 110,000 lb. Back
up a two-percent slope. Seat 54 on the sidewall and 48 in the
center line.
