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They helped make long distance shots and they are sneaky so no one knew you were there.
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They gave quicker passage to areas and they were also a variety, giving the people with horses the advantage.
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Machine guns could shoot hundreds of rounds of ammunition a minute and the standard military tactic of World War One was the infantry charge.
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It is a repeating handgun that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing.
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During the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare.
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The classic matchlock gun held a burning slow match in a clamp at the end of a small curved lever known as the serpentine.
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Longbows were not so effective that they replaced the major medieval tactic of a cavalry charge and rather, they were used to harass the enemy and to prevent the enemy from spreading out enough to threaten the sides or the flanks of an army.
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Their explosive invention would become the basis for almost every weapon used in war from that point on, from fiery arrows to rifles, cannons and grenades.
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In medieval wars the trebuchet and other siege engines were used to attack castles and destroy defences. Trebuchets catapulted huge boulders, smashing down walls. They could also be used to fire diseased bodies and dead animals into a besieged castle or walled city.
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Magnum caliber handguns or pistols that use rifle cartridges comprise most of the Handcannon trope, due to their superior ballistics. Shotguns & rifles, grenade launchers , and fictional pistols that fire powerful laser beams are also considered.