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A rack of Japanese tanegashima (matchlocks) of the Edo period, Himeji Castle, Japan. Firearms were introduced to Japan in the 13th century during the first Mongol invasion, referred to as teppō. [1] Portuguese firearms were introduced in 1543, [2] and intense development followed, with strong local manufacture during the period of conflicts of ...
The Salvadoran FAES were equipped with Western-made weapons, mainly American and Israeli in origin, but also included Argentine, Portuguese, French, West German, Yugoslavian and Taiwanese military hardware. During the early phase of the war, the FMLN likewise were largely equipped with Western arms and munitions, though as the war went on ...
The War of the Three Henrys [1] ( French: Guerre des trois Henri ), also known as the Eighth War of Religion [1] ( French: Huitième guerre de Religion ), took place during 1585–1589, [1] and was the eighth conflict in the series of civil wars in France known as the French Wars of Religion. [1] [a] It was a three-way war fought between: King ...
The Laws of War on Land, often known as the Oxford Manual, was an early effort to publish a comprehensive treatise on the Law of War. It was principally drafted by Gustave Moynier, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross and founder of the Institute of International Law, and unanimously approved by the board of that institute ...
The 50th Law. The 33 Strategies of War is a military history and personal development book. It was written by American author Robert Greene in 2006. It is composed of discussions and examples of offensive and defensive strategies from a wide variety of people and conditions, applying them to social conflicts such as family quarrels and business ...
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance. Operation Flashpoint: Resistance (also known as ARMA: Resistance) is an expansion pack to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. It was developed by Bohemia Interactive, authors of the original game, and published by Codemasters. It is the second expansion of Operation Flashpoint, the first one being Operation ...
Lord of War is a 2005 crime drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Nicolas Cage, Jared Leto, Bridget Moynahan, and Ethan Hawke. Lord of War follows Yuri Orlov as he enters the illegal arms trade shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union , eventually becoming a well known and unscrupulous gun runner.
The ArmaLite AR-15 [note 3] is a select-fire, [note 1] gas-operated, air-cooled, magazine-fed rifle manufactured in the United States between 1959 and 1964. [10] Designed by American gun manufacturer ArmaLite in 1956, it was based on its AR-10 rifle. The ArmaLite AR-15 was designed to be a lightweight rifle and to fire a new high-velocity ...