Weapons - Their History and Features across the Culture and Time [Part-2]

 Hello Everyone !!

Melee Weapons :

# Silat :--
Celurit sickle, Karambit, parang, pisau knife, Tumbuk-Lada knife, Kanching stick, ranjau tongkat stick

# Eskrima :--
Balisong knife (11"), Barong dagger (8"), Karambit, Dulo-y-dulo stick (4"-7")

Rifle History and Amazing Facts :

  • The M2 is world's 1st 50-cal sniper rifle (1933)
  • There are 1911 MEU (SOC) pistols with serial number - USMC ####
  • The first assault rifle of the world was German Stg-44 (1944)
  • AK-47 (1947), AR-15 (1958), M-16 (1969)
  • Sub-machine guns - fire pistol bullets
  • Machine gun - fires rifle bullets
  • The AK-47 rifle is very versatile and can be improvised as small step-ladder, foot bridge, blunt weapons, lever, snorkel, support brace, hammer
  • The first gas-operated rifle was Mondragon rifle (Mexico, 1908)
  • M1903 A3 rifle was a WW-II simplified production version with an aperture "peep" sight moved from barrel to receiver for easier aiming
  • Winchester model 1907 rifle was the first successful semi-auto centerfire rifle (Length - 20", 0.351 cal)
Sniper and Marksmen Facts :
  • A sniper motto - "He who shoots and runs away, lives to shoot another day"
  • A sniping school was founded at Linghem (France) in 1916
  • During US Civil War (1861-65), General Hiram Berdan and Robert Lee were the first sharpshooters 
  • In WW-I, Nazi Germany was the first to place specially trained snipers
  • Russia was the first to use snipers in two-man teams
  • Sniping needs the skills of constant dedication, patience and mathematical ability. It is a learned skill and requires constant practice
  • The first sniper rifle of the world was Whiteworth rifle (1854) 
  • The longest recorded sniper kill was at a distance of 3.54-km by a Canadian sniper in 2017.
The Top-10 Weapons : [Modern Marvels (History-TV)]
  1. Handgun
  2. Maxim MG
  3. Incendiary bomb
  4. Tomahawk
  5. Pepper spray
  6. VX gas
  7. Apache copter
  8. Katana sword
  9. Taser
  10. M-107 rifle
Improvised Club Weapons :

Axe-handle, baseball bat, crowbar, lugwrench, pipe, pipe wrench, rolled-up newspaper, umbrella, walking stick

Improvised Edged Weapons :

Ice-pick, awl, forks, chopsticks, box-cutter, screwdriver, scissors, keys, pen, pencil


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