Chapter 2 Flashcards
Were initially made of wooden or iron staves bound together with hoops
Bombards
.lThe first firearms that were developed were small arms in the form of miniature artillery weapons and were at first called
Hand Cannons/Muskets
The earliest account about a weapon that used gunpowder as propellant was the gun allegedly made by a German monk named
Berthold Schawrz
pots de fer - Translation
Pots of Fire
a simple, smooth-bore tube of iron, closed at the breech end except for an opening called a touchhole
Firelock
a saucer - like depression in the barrel at the outer end of the touchhole
Flash Pan
This weapon was essentially the same as the firelock, except that the slow match was clamped in the top of a device
Matchlock
The common problems with this firearm was that the charge of powder in the flash pan was difficult to ignite, was frequently affected by moisture in the atmosphere, and required re-priming just before use to ensure that misfire will not occur.
Firelock
S-shaped piece of metal pivoted in the center
Serpentine
a primitive portable firearm used in the 15th and 16th centuries composed of barrel fitted in a long-bent stock.
harquebus (or arquebus)
The first firelock appeared about 1515. It has improved firing mechanism compared to firelock and matchlock.
Wheel Lock
The firing mechanism of wheel lock
spring-driven wheel
This type of firing mechanism consisted of a hammer powered by a trigger spring and bearing a piece of flint.
Snaphance/Snaphaunce
It resembled the snaphance, except that the striker plate was L-shaped.
Flintlock
the prevailing type of small- arms weapon for both shoulder guns and handguns from the end of the 17th century to the middle of the 19th century.
Flintlock
were the primary military weapon for infantry in the armies of the principal European powers.
Smoothbore flintlock muskets
was the first repeating gun capable of sustained and accurate firing.
Gatling gun
Invented the Gatling gun
Richard J. Gatling
It was a single-barrel recoil - operated gun.
Maxim Machine Gun
The world’s first true machine gun was the automatic machine gun that bears the name of ___?
Hiram Stevens Maxim
It is developed to allow this gun to fire continuously without overheating
Water cooling system
