Royal Armouries
The Victorian revolvers fit for a revolutionary, with firearms and weaponry expert Jonathan Ferguson
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Guns decorated by the famous New York silver firm Tiffany & Co. occupy a special place in both arms and art histories. The lecture will explore this fascinating, beautiful, and little-studied group of objects, revealing recent exciting discoveries made during preparation for a major exhibition at The Met.
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But that's exactly what happened when our Keeper of Firearms examined the curious curvature of the grips of these flintlock pistols.
Help us out in the comments and give Jonathan your theory to what they might be or their original purpose.
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Over the weekend, the knights were competing as individuals for the Queen's Jubilee Horn, presented to the Royal Armouries in 2002, by the late Queen Elizabeth II; and as national teams for the Sword of Honour.
Relive all of the action from a weekend filled with thundering hooves, shattering lances and the toughest competitors on horseback with our highlights programme.
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The C96 exploded in popularity with shooters worldwide, sparking a frenzy of variants – some favoured, others... well, let's just say ‘less so’.
Join Jonathan as he examines one such rare example and explains his admiration for this often-overlooked smaller, shorter ‘officer’s model’ C96.
0:00 Intro
0:30 6-Shot C96 ‘Broomhandle’ Mauser
2:15 Officer’s Model
4:10 Not Another One
5:01 Bolo Lingo
6:20 Sights
7:25 Never *Technically* Called a C96…
8:06 Firearm Features
12:23 Markings
13:15 History & Context
17:35 Outro
Mauro Baudino's Mauser lecture: youtube.com/watch?v=eJXfS4SWsuE
Books mentioned:
Jonathan Ferguson. 2017. 'The 'Broomhandle' Mauser' (Osprey Publishing).
Mauro Baudino; Gerben Van Vlimmeren. 2017. 'Paul Mauser, his life, company, and handgun development 1838-1914' (Brad Simpson Publishing)
Images used:
Image of 'Soviet commissars with C96 Mausers' from THE SAGA OF RUSSIAN BROOMHANDLES Article by laststandonzombieisland
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But the project was shelved and this example is 1 of only 10 to survive, entering the museum collection under some mystery, as Jonathan explains.
0:00 Intro
0:15 Colt Model 608 Survival Rifle
1:15 Firearm Details
3:15 A Firearm Halved...
5:00 Details Continued
9:46 Survival Purposes
11:18 AR-15 Rifle Comparison
14:21 CAR-15 Family History
16:01 Survival Rifle Outcome & History
17:58 Outro
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Watch this week as Jonathan delves into the history of this firearm which includes a tangle with the James Bond film 'Casino Royale'.
0:00 Firing Down Range
0:30 Intro
1:15 Original Mac-10 (Ex-Military)
2:48 SBS Mustachio’d Video
3:05 A (Brief) History
4:05 Section Five Firearms Ltd. MAC-10
5:15 Firearm Details
11:03 Firearm History
11:57 Operation Abonar
14:00 Operation Octane
16:42 Outro
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Books mentioned:
Frank Iannamico & Don Thomas. 2016. 'The MacMan: Gordon B. Ingram and His Submachine Guns' (Chipotle Publishing).
Michael Hallowes. 2023. 'Operation Abonar' (Clink Street Publishing)
Images used:
Image of 'Leader T2 semi auto assault rifle' by Eq3. Courtesy of Wikipedia, Public Domain CC BY-SA 3.0.
Videos used:
Video of 'SBS PROCEDURE: PART 3 - OIL SAFE' by © Crown copyright. Courtesy of IWM (DRN 3195)
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If you had free rein in the National Firearms Centre, which weapons would you pick? Let us know in the comments.
0:00 Intro
0:20 Rules of the Game
1:06 Cue Montage
1:25 Round 1: Primary Weapon
1:40 Charlton Automatic Rifle
5:07 Sterling Rifle
6:55 Round 2: Sidearm
7:20 Schwarzlose Model 1898
9:40 Mars .45 Automatic Pistol
12:50 Round 3: Secondary Weapon
13:51 SA80
14:35 Did Someone Say Book?
14:52 SA80 Continued
20:15 BSA Machine Carbine
26:05 Conclusion
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Ranging from housewives to countesses, only thirty-nine women completed the rigorous SOE training programme. They were taught silent killing skills, instinctive shooting methods, and sabotage techniques as well as survival tactics for life in Nazi-occupied France.
Dr Kate Vigurs will explore how the women of the organisation’s French (‘F’) section infiltrated behind enemy lines to work as couriers and wireless operators, operating undercover and far beyond the protection of the Geneva Convention. Their life expectancy was short - sometimes a mere six weeks - but these women worked hard and fought hard. They often lived in solitude with no support, travelled hundreds of kilometres carrying vital yet incriminating information, and risked everything to make contact with SOE headquarters over the radio waves.
The talk highlights what SOE was, why it was so important and why women were so instrumental to its work. It explores why they became secret agents, how they were trained and infiltrated, what risks they took, and details of their missions in occupied France. It sheds light on the human element behind the museum’s wealth of Second World War material related to SOE, and on the unalloyed heroism that forms such an important part of our history.
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Happy April Fools.
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0:00 Intro
1:05 HK G41
1:50 Why this Weapon?
3:35 Firearm Details
9:40 Not So Silent Forward Assist
12:24 HK Family Reunion
13:00 Comparisons
14:17 Variants
15:53 Firearm History
17:47 Outro
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Find the latest research on the Warwick shaffron and the medieval warhorse (free to read and download) at doi.org/10.1080/17416124.2024.2308447
In this lecture, available to attend in person or online, Eleanor will look in detail at this remarkable object, and explore what it reveals about the construction and development of horse head defences. Learn how the scars borne on the object shed light on medieval warfare; discover more about the significance of the Royal Armouries’ collection of European horse armour; and find out how cutting-edge research has revealed new insights into the medieval warhorse.
Image: Royal Armouries VI.446. The Warwick Shaffron is on display in the War Gallery, on Floor 2 of the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds.
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0:00 Intro
0:50 System Montigny
1:35 Maker's Mark
1:53 History of Montigny
2:30 Design
7:15 Variants
8:30 Details
9:50 Purpose
10:41 Firearm History
12:10 Fine Firearm Dining
12:21 Outro
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During development, the British Army gave serious consideration to manufacturing a left-handed version for up to 10% of the total weapons produced. Jonathan explains what happened to these plans and this early version of the rifle.
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00:00 Intro
01:30 Agram 2002
02:51 Firearm Details
05:50 Myth-busting
06:14 Firearm Disassembly
11:15 Firing Process Demonstration
12:35 History & Context
14:02 Outro
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Join Jonathan as he slices into the history of this chunky, hard-hitting Russian pistol used by security and secret services alike. Also (if anyone reads this far into a description) we'd like to thank Emily for all her immense hard work in making What is this Weapon the series it is today.
She reads all of your comments so do please join us in the comments bidding her a fond farewell.
While this cake, much like the actual SR-1M, was inedible - we don't like food waste and so we have donated to a local food bank.
0:00 Intro
0:20 What is this Edible Weapon?
1:45 SR-1M Pistol
4:05 Calibre
5:34 Firearm Details
10:29 The Logo (is a Hoot)
11:00 Slide Open Demonstration
12:25 Firearm Disassembly
15:16 How the Magazine Works
19:02 Firearm History
23:33 Armour Piercing Capability
24:17 Outro
25:14 Post Credits
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Image of 'Members during the Gulonov March' by Krassotkin. Courtesy of Wikipedia, Public Domain CC0.
Image of 'Two SOBR operators with MultiCam fatigues' by Troncospetsnaz. Courtesy of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED.
Image of 'FSB special forces members during a special operation in Makhachkala... in 2010' by RIA Novosti archive. Courtesy of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED.
This unique French rococo-style flintlock pistol from King Louis XV's royal collection is just as impressive as it is pointless, making it what could be described as the Desert Eagle of its day.
0:00 Intro
0:37 Royal-ly Big Pistol
1:03 Blunderbuss Comparison
2:50 Royal Markings
3:45 Pistol Details
6:45 Firearm Purpose
7:50 Gun barrel
10:41 Damage (Au mon dieu)
11:27 Stock Screw
12:17 Historical Context
16:25 Outro
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Re:Loaded is on display at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds until 30 June 2024.
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Get to know the harmonica pistol, designed by Pierre-Joseph Jarre. While this relatively rare weapon wasn’t widely successful, it gets extra points from us for its cool factor.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Firing Position
2:30 How Does One Fire?
3:25 Jarre Harmonica Pistol
4:30 Pop Off
6:05 Pinfire Loading
9:05 Jarre-ing Case Ejection
11:00 Historical Context & Patent
13:50 Outro
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In this episode our Assistant Curator of Artillery, Thomas Davies, shares his quest of the origins of the gun, what it might have been used for and what its dragon design might symbolise.
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How do you counter claims of supernatural powers? With a magician! Join Dr Taliesin, master magician and historian, as he explores how, armed with only his wits and a pistol, the greatest magician of the 19th century changed the course of international history and helped avert a bloody conflict, using the world’s most deadly magic trick.
From unmasking a magician’s true identity to causing the death or maiming of more than 20 performers, the bullet-catch enjoys a perilous reputation balanced, bizarrely, by its role as a genuine life-saver. Following France’s Algerian invasion in 1830, revolt and uprising was fostered in no small part by the Marabouts, the traditinal wizards of the region. Gun illusions featured prominently, including demonstrations of supernatural powers rendering the Marabouts and whoever they selected, immune to gunfire.
In perhaps one of the most inspired political decisions, the French government of the day fought magic with magic, engaging the Father of Modern Magic, Robert-Houdin (after whom Houdini took his name), culminating in a magical gun duel with a Marabout, which remains celebrated by Algerians to this day. Join Dr Taliesin as he explores this fascinating historical episode and the plausibility of the duel between the Magician and the Marabout.
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In an attempt to improve on the already venerable revolver design, this Romanian take is as striking as it is confounding.
0:00 Intro
0:53 Dimancea Revolver & History
2:52 Firearm Markings & Details
3:40 Second Variant
4:37 Even More Firearm Details
8:09 Firearm Disassembly
17:41 Fate of the Dimancea
20:35 Outro
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0:00 Intro
0:37 MFR 9mm
1:20 oSTENtatious Magazine?
3:10 Converting 5.56 to 9mm
4:13 Firearm Markings and Features
5:20 A Wild Jonathan Appears
5:45 Firearm Internals
10:15 Relevance and Context
14:53 Outro
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Speaker: Dr Mark Barton, naval historian and author of British Naval Swords.
The history of Royal Navy cutlasses from when they adopted their first official pattern in 1804, through the rejection of improvements, the scandal when they were found to be ‘utterly useless’ and end with their final withdrawal in 2014.
As fundamental as rum and the lash to the Royal Navy in the age of sail is the form of short sword designated a ‘cutlass’. However, it was not until 1804 – the year before Trafalgar – that the Royal Navy adopted an official pattern for the weapon, and 2014 when these swords were finally withdrawn from even ceremonial service.
This talk sheds light on the sword’s history in the Royal Navy. It explores the motivations for adopting the pattern during a global war when the country was on the brink of invasion; what made it inferior to many early ones, and why the Navy spent decades rejecting improvements to the sword. It examines new patterns in the Victorian period, and a proliferation of new designs among other maritime organisations. It looks at the flurry of changes made in the late nineteenth century, following a major procurement scandal when the weapons had been found to be ‘utterly useless’. It concludes by bringing the story all the way up to date with their final uses in action and on parade.
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In this episode Jonathan shares how it was used for basic bayonet fencing training and explores its loose resemblance to the MPi-K.
0:00 Intro
0:10 Woodn't You Know, Another One
1:11 Bayonet Attachment
1:56 Purpose
2:50 What is this Rifle?
4:03 Training Footage
4:27 Bayonet Details
4:45 Gun Details
6:10 A Wild Jonathan Appears
6:35 MPi-K Comparison
11:09 Fencing Musket Precedent
16:05 Outro & Re:Loaded
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Speaker: Pratyay Nath, Associate Professor of History, Ashoka University, India.
This lecture explores the wide variations in Mughal warfare in early modern India, using them to unlock the debate over whether the introduction of firearms caused a revolution in war, society and politics.
Since the 1950s, early modern warfare has primarily been analysed through the lens of the Military Revolution. This theory suggests that the spread of firearms and cannon required larger and more professional armies, which in turn drove the formation of the modern state to make such armies possible. By looking at the Mughal Empire, the lecture brings to light other ways of understanding the period.
Mughal warfare was influenced by a range of factors, including environmental conditions, military pragmatism, financial considerations, and distance from the imperial heartland. These caused Mughal war-making to vary over time and across space, in strategy, tactics, and deployment of technologies. In turn, these variations affected the broader processes of Mughal war-making and empire-building.
In building this argument, the lecture offers new information and perspectives about warfare in early modern South Asia in a global comparative context. It also offers a new way of writing of comparative military histories, and a way of studying early modern warfare while looking beyond the Military Revolution framework.
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Join Jonathan as he dispels some of the conspiracies that attempt to distance the Gamemaster and James Earl Ray from MLK’s assassination.
This week, the world stopped and honoured Martin Luther King Jr. on #MLKDay, what would have been his 95th birthday. While this video focuses on the history of the weapon involved in his assassination, we would also like to acknowledge his actions and vision in the civil rights movement, marking an important time in history.
0:00 Intro
0:15 Initial Gun Details
1:50 Remington Gamemaster
3:11 Magazine
4:00 Dates and Markings
5:10 Sights
6:13 Multi-thread Locking Lugs
7:26 Association with MLK Assassination
10:03 A Wild Jonathan Appears
10:30 Calibre and Bullet
12:24 Twist Rate
15:35 Conspiracies
16:44 Civil Suit Retest
18:18 Bullet Deformation
19:11 300 vs 70 Yards?
20:10 Conclusion
21:05 Outro & Re:Loaded
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Speaker: Patrick Senft, Research Coordinator, Armament Research Services (ARES).
This lecture explores the shield, possibly the most straightforward protective equipment imaginable. It traces the fortunes of the ballistic shield, from its early use with the advent of the firearm in the 1400s, its disregard until the 1900s, and its widespread use in modern war and police work.
A protected soldier is both less likely to be wounded and braver in combat, and therefore a more effective soldier. A particularly intuitive piece of protective gear is the shield, used throughout human history and across the world.
This lecture examines the technical evolution of ballistic shields – those intended to protect against projectiles – vis-à-vis the development of firearms from their advent until the modern day. Following early combinations of shields and guns in the 1400s, improvements in gun-making made shields increasingly less useful until they had virtually disappeared from the battlefield in the 1600s. However, roughly 300 years later, ballistic shields made a re-appearance on the battlefield of the Russo-Japanese War and have established their niche role ever since.
The lecture focuses on the technology of arms and shields, as well as their use to explain why ballistic shields were virtually abandoned for 300 years, yet they were commonly used in conflict before and are in use today. The audience will understand how the interplay between advances in arms technology and tactical considerations produced favourable and unfavourable circumstances to the use of ballistic shields. Lastly, the lecture gives an overview of how ballistic shields are used today.
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From its peacock blueing and gold engravings to its mother-of-pearl grips, this Baby Browning by Fabrique Nationale may be small, but it is mighty impressive.
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0:30 Renaissance Variant
1:55 The Baby Browning
4:30 Gun Details
6:50 Gun History
7:36 Renaissance Details
9:55 FN M1905 Model
13:05 ReLoaded
13:28 Outro
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Vlad Onokoy's articles on the history of the Tabuk:
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0:20 Re:Loaded!
0:45 Origins
1:43 What is this AK?
3:29 Gun Details
6:15 Purpose?
7:39 Wider context
9:52 Outro
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0:00 - Intro
1:45 - Not-so Spin-offs
2:42 - Martin
5:05 - Martin Internals
5:55 - Dry Firing
7:00 - Historic Differences
7:45 - Bland & Sons
9:15 - Bland Internals
10:45 - Dry Fire
11:50 - Historic Details
14:00 - Outro
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For a brief period in the late 19th century, Afghanistan was able to mass-produce a modern military firearm in the form of the Martini-Henry rifle. This was possible due to a programme of rapid industrialisation brought about through the vision and perseverance of Abdur Rahman Khan, the ‘Iron Emir’ – with assistance from British and British Indian engineers, foremen, and craftsmen. In addition to rifles, the Emir’s new workshops produced Afghanistan’s first machine-minted coinage, its first machine-made cartridges, and a host of other products, and saw the introduction of Afghanistan’s first steam engines, its first electricity, and even its first railway. In this lecture, N.R. Jenzen-Jones explores the brief but fascinating life of the Kabul Arsenal, some of the broad range of outputs produced by its steam-powered workshops, and the personalities behind these achievements. Subscribe to our channel for more videos about arms and armour
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This is our third episode brought to you by World of Guns. As Jonathan says, the best way to see the intricate inner workings of the M93R is to try it for yourself. As an early Christmas present, the folks at World of Guns are offering 4000 codes to unlock the Beretta 93R for FREE.
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00:00 - Intro
01:30 - Mock-up
02:16 - 'Firearm' Details
07:44 - Archival Documents
10:35 - Why Mock?
11:00 - Fate of the G11
11:55 - Outro
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Made nearly a century prior to the development and popularisation of self-rotating systems by Elisha Collier, Artemis Wheeler, and then Samuel Colt, this is a rare example of an 8-shot revolver from circa 1597.
Get up close with Jonathan Ferguson to see this beautifully decorated sporting gun and how it functions.
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In this episode of Up in Arms, our Librarian Stuart Ivinson showcases a rare first edition of one of Domenico Angelo's most famous works, 'The School of Fencing', published 1765.
Recognised as a clear, concise and useful guide at the time, today it is viewed as one of the first works on modern fencing and is a treasure within the Royal Armouries collection.
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Rosalind will be joined in the Q&A session by Mario Damen (Senior Lecturer in Medieval History, University of Amsterdam) and Ralph Moffat (Curator of Arms and Armour, Glasgow Museums).
Late medieval knights regularly took part in a spectacular form of tournament called the pas d’armes (English: passage of arms), fighting alone or in teams with different weapons on both horseback and foot. This lecture explains the popularity of these pas d’armes, and how they differed from other medieval tournaments.
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Join Jonathan as he takes this real-life World of Guns cross-sectional look at one of Britain's best known firearms from the Second World War.
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This specific weapon is shrouded in a host of strange quirks, as our Keeper of Firearms and Artillery explains.
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Spec overview
2:49 HK33 comparison
7:18 Subscribe
7:43 HK33 markings
8:34 HK GR3 features
15:54 Original manuals
19:07 Outro
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The soldiers of southern Africa’s Cold War liberation armies were trained around the globe, from Algeria to the USSR, Cuba to North Korea. Drawing on oral histories of veterans, this lecture explores the unique military cultures these exchanges produced.
This lecture explores the unique military cultures produced among the southern African liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s. In the midst of Cold War competition and decolonisation, nationalist movements formed armed wings – including ZPRA, ZANLA, FRELIMO, MPLA, FAPLA, SWAPO – and sought support from African and eastern bloc countries. Tens of thousands of young men and women were inspired to leave southern Africa to learn how to fight.
Under the banner of internationalist solidarity, they travelled to a host of countries, from Cuba to North Korea, Algeria to the USSR, and many places in between. They learned new technical skills, mastered weapons, and interacted with political ideas, military doctrines, and ideas about what it meant to be a soldier. These liberation armies reflected a global set of exchanges and movements.
The lecture asks what these trainees made of their experiences and how it shaped the militaries they constituted. It focuses on the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army and draws on extensive oral histories with veterans. In doing so, it sheds light on the groups which fought the often-overlooked conflicts of the ‘hot’ Cold War.
‘Read more about these ‘global soldiers’ here: global-soldiers.web.ox.ac.uk
For more in-depth reading (paywalled):
On the way these soldiers saw themselves: doi.org/10.1017/S0010417520000195
On these soldiers training in the Soviet Union: doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2017.1272299
On the high-stepping drill of the ‘toyi toyi’: doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2020.1804123’
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See Spitfires take to the skies from the airfield where they first flew. Visit IWM Duxford: bit.ly/visit-duxford and see Jonathan Ferguson talking about more British aircraft mounted weapons here: youtu.be/LZ1W8mzooiM
A massive thanks to IWM for allowing us to use some of their archival materials. Delve into their archives here: iwm.org.uk/collections
0:00 Introduction
0:38 Cannon?
2:40 IWM Spitfire
5:35 Historical Context
8:20 Ammo and Magazines
13:45 Firing Process
23:10 Evolution
25:05 Outro
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Searching for a way of improving the breechloader, trials were laid out for a thumb-trigger configuration, popular with target shooters and hunters at the time. An order for 40 of these 'Watkin-Patent' Martini-Henrys were produced but the idea ultimately went nowhere, as Jonathan Ferguson explains.
Read more about this weapon here: collections.royalarmouries.org/object/rac-object-275907.html
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Neil Aspinshaw's book on the Martini-Henry: google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Martini_Henry_for_Queen_and_Empire/6vddzQEACAAJ?hl=en
See more at British Muzzleloaders youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkOVIw4NSWVLjm7lyFTgxk1ePSIF9QO3Y and C&Arsenal youtube.com/watch?v=45MbESLyl-Q
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See the Real Time History video on the Anglo-Zulu War: youtube.com/watch?v=XvS8uYx9vBg&ab_channel=RealTimeHistory
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Discover how nanomaterials change the landscape of war – and how they don’t. What should we be considering in regard to the field of emerging technologies and the battlefield, and what are we not seeing?
The desire for humanity and the desire for security have co-existed as long as humans have been alive. As science has become increasingly sophisticated, so have the methods of self-defence by states. Nanotechnology – the manipulation of matter on the atomic and molecular scale – is already changing warfare by increasing capabilities upon which armed forces are heavily reliant: more efficient energy storage, advanced photovoltaics, and improved military protective equipment, to name a few of these developments.
Yet other applications of nanomaterials by the military are both powerful and subtle and have neurological and biological applications: from 'devices that can infiltrate electronics and seize control at crucial moments’ to ‘artificial “disease” agents that can rest harmlessly in victims' bodies until activated by an external signal'. As militaries either contemplate or begin to use these types of nanotechnologies, international law must keep ahead of the situation, particularly in light of their potential effects on humans and on the environment.
This presentation provides concrete examples of uses of nanomaterials in warfare, including an introduction to the technologies and how they work. It explains the complex legal and scientific questions behind their use in plain language and applies an interdisciplinary approach to link scientific knowledge to existing legal frameworks.
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This really isn't an episode to be missed.
0:00 Introduction
3:00 Replacement chamber
5:15 Terminology & history
6:20 1784 Repeating flintlock
7:15 Firing process
12:15 1786 Repeating flintlock
16:25 Portfire mechanism
17:40 Firing process
20:40 Firearm history
22:40 Outro
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