Progress of Weaponry

Do you know any thing about weaponry or how it has evolved over the years? how it all started? if you dont know we will tell you in this post.

                                                  

           THE PROGRESS OF WEAPONRY

Weaponry has evolved over the years.People first used kill people with just bare hands but over the time humans through the use of science have created weapons like guns and cannons.But we will take you in detail through the progress of weaponry.

400,000 B.C - during this time people used to use spears.

40,000 to 25,000 B.C- now the weapons had more of progress and the people then invented atlatls (a stick with a handle on one side and a dart sort of thing on the other) which was then advanced to be the bow and arrow.

20,000 B.C- The earliest arrowhead was created and some people also believe the bow and arrow was also created during this time

metal daggers

5,000 to 10,000 B.C- The development of the first metal daggers and swords had started and were in use.

800 to 1300 A.D - Gunpowder is invented in china and the firearms are created rapidly.

1200 to 1600 A.D - Egyptian soldiers are taught how to use the cannons and other small arms.

1775 A.D - As technology evolves the submarine is also created.

       

                                                                                                          revolver gun                                                                                                   

1836 A.D - A American inventor invents the revolving gun and is

 faster to load than any other   gun.

1851-1861 A.D - The first machine gun is created by the help of science and of course gunpowder.

machine gun

1862 A.D - The first iron clad warship is launched from Europe.

1884 A.D - The first fully automatic gun is released.

1893 A.D - The first bulletproof vest is produced from America.

1914 - The British army introduces the first tanks during world war 1. 

the first tank

1942 to 1945 A.D -The fist attempt to test the nuclear bomb .the test is successful .

1952 - The first fusion or hydrogen bomb is tested and results say that this bomb is more powerful than the atomic bomb.

1960 - The laser is demonstrated for the first time.

1960 - 2000 - The first torpedo is created in the Soviet Union.

2002 - For the first time the high energy laser is used to shoot down artillery fire.