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The atlatl, one of the "newest" popular primitive hunting weapons. The most popular hunting weapons during antiquity were the bow and the spear. [8] During pre-history, prior to the invention of the bow, the most popular was arguably the atlatl; archaeological finds of atlatls have occurred on all continents except Antarctica. Today, however ...
This is an extensive list of small arms—including pistols, revolvers, submachine guns, shotguns, battle rifles, assault rifles, sniper rifles, machine guns, personal defense weapons, carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifle and any other variants.
A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
Image Cartridge(s) Year Country of origin 35M rifle: 8x56mmR 7.92x57mm Mauser: 1935 Kingdom of Hungary: Kb wz. 98a: 7.92x57mm Mauser: 1936 Poland: Kbk wz. 29: 7.92x57mm Mauser: 1930 Poland: Accuracy International AWM.300 Winchester Magnum.338 Lapua Magnum: 1996 United Kingdom: Arisaka Type 30: 6.5x50mm Arisaka: 1899 Empire of Japan: Arisaka ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Stick and staff weapons (1 C, 11 P) U. Underwater hunting equipment (2 P) Pages in category "Hunting equipment"
Drawing a bow, from a 1908 archery manual. A bow consists of a semi-rigid but elastic arc with a high-tensile bowstring joining the ends of the two limbs of the bow.An arrow is a projectile with a pointed tip and a long shaft with stabilizer fins towards the back, with a narrow notch at the very end to contact the bowstring.
List of martial arts weapons; List of man-portable anti-tank systems; List of military vehicles; List of missiles; List of practice weapons; List of rockets; Lists of swords; List of types of spears; List of torpedoes; Naval ship. List of auxiliary ship classes in service; List of naval ship classes in service; List of submarine classes in ...
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