Colonel. With limited resources‚ Continental Military used any assets available to include a supply of cannons and mortars acquired at Fort Ticonderoga by Ethan Allen. Colonel Knox‚ known as the Father of the United States Army Artillery‚ played a key part of turning the tide and the eventual win of the American Revolutionary War. Col. Knox moved‚ from December 5‚ 1775 - January 24‚ 1776‚ 59 cannons and mortars acquired from Fort Ticonderoga and moved them to Boston to a heavily fortified position placed
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to deny the South access to supplies and to shut down its export of cotton to England - its major source of revenue. To counter this threat‚ the Confederacy began to build a fleet of ships clothed in iron panels that made them impervious to enemy cannon fire. Armed with an underwater ram‚ these ships were designed to slam into and sink the enemy’s wooden vessels. The first of these Confederate "Ironclads" was constructed upon the burned-out hull of the USS Merrimac left behind by Union forces when
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R. Aldington. DEATH OF A HERO (part III) Three more nights passed rather more tranquilly. There was comparatively little gas‚ but the German heavies were persistent. They‚ too‚ quieted down on the third night‚ and Winterboume got to bed fairly early and fell into a deep sleep. Suddenly he was wide awake and sitting up. What on earth or hell was happening? From outside came a terrific rumble and roaring‚ as if three volcanoes and ten thunderstorms were in action simultaneously. The whole earth
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Should the 2nd amendment give citizens the right to own assault weaponry? Introduction: Does anyone know what people were the first to invent guns? The Chinese were the first people to invent guns. The first hand gun was called the Hand Cannon. What the second amendment means. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution‚ which is part of the Bill of Rights‚ declares a well regulated militia as being necessary to the security of a Free State‚ and prohibits infringement of "the right
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Dylan Lefler Medieval Studies Medieval Warfare Book Review Medieval Warfare is book by the author Maurice Keen in which Keen goes into detail describing how warfare changed throughout the medieval era. It goes through describing how warfare has changed throughout history beginning with the Carolingian and Ottonian warfare through the usage of guns‚ gunpowder‚ and permanent armies. The book is very descriptive of how things change and the different ways certain things were done throughout the
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the Sung dynasty against the Mongols. It was an arrow that was attached to a tube of gunpowder that was ignited and it was propelled across enemy lines. The Chinese continued to develop their weapons to fight the Mongols and even made the first cannons and grenades. These weapons probably helped the Chinese win many battles against the
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guns‚ improved shipbuilding‚ and better navigational devices. The invention of guns would forever change the way wars were fought. Instead of swords‚ bows and arrows‚ or lances‚ guns would emerge as the dominant global weapon. They were lighter than cannons and more efficient than bows and arrows. They were also effective as a long or short range weapon. Guns were essential to the expansion of the Islamic empires that raised during this time period‚ hence the title Gunpowder Empires. Guns were also important
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demonstrated that the exploitation and advancement of a technology could give one side an extreme advantage over the side which did not advance as quickly. France developed lighter and more mobile cannons‚ made from bronze‚ with handles on the sides that allowed them to be mounted to horse-drawn carts. These cannons could be easily traversed up or down‚ right or left‚ allowing for better aiming techniques. The French army also developed better propellant and ammunition by concentrating gunpowder‚ first
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completely bypass our city. The railroad became the occupation force’s makeshift runway‚ and the tunnels their bunkers. This was their base. They were the elite griffon flight squadron‚ chosen to protect the cannon being constructed outside of Ponyville. Ironically‚ it was the same cannon that was created to shoot down the asteroids. It became a catalyst to the war. But when the allied attacks no longer came in‚ the Squadron was assigned long-range missions that took them to distant battlefields
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rows like a standard battle would take place in this time. Some of the weapons are standard guns and cannons and things of that nature while on the other hand some of the inexperienced fighters use hand help weapons such as clubs and tomahawks to fight close up. In context to history of this time some the weaponry can be seen as historically inaccurate‚ more specifically the cannon. The cannons during this time use metal projectiles to mow through the armies. Exploding projectiles were no yet invented
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