Название: Firearms: An Illustrated History (The Definitive Visual Guide)
Серия: DK
Издательство: Dorling Kindersley
Год выпуска: 2014
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 322
Язык: русский
Размер: 71,2 Mb
Throughout their history, firearms have had a profound effect on human activity. Created to wage war, guns soon provided a means for hunting and defending life and property. They also helped sustain traditions of target shooting that began with bows and arrows. The first firearms appeared in China in the Middle Ages. At the time, gunpowder was already being used to create explosives. The Chinese discovered that by putting some of this powder, and a projectile, into a metal tube, and then igniting the powder, they could propel the projectile with enormous force. So, as far as we can tell, the first guns were born. While the earliest guns were artillery pieces, portable handguns were not far behind. Personal arms would never be the same again.
