Small Arms
A firearm is any type of gun designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. The term is legally defined further in different countries (see Legal definitions). The first firearms originated in 10th-century China, when bamboo tubes containing gunpowder and pellet projectiles were mounted on spears to make the portable fire lance, operable by a single person, which was later used to good effect in the Siege of De'an in 1132. In the 13th century, fire lance barrels were replaced with metal tubes and transformed into the metal-barreled hand cannon. The technology gradually spread throughout Eurasia during the …
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School of Public Policy, University of Calgary · 13 March 2024 English
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CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English
One of the many impacts of our multi-year Afghanistan contribution was to sensitize both politicians and senior bureaucrats to the risks associated with unknown outcomes.11 A combination of events, all …
Staff, “The Little Known Honduran Elite Forces,” Small Arms Review, 2 August 2022, https://smallarmsreview … Cold War military and intelligence history, small arms history, general weapons technology history, …
UAP: University of Alberta Press · 1 December 2023 English
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RI: Rideau Institute · 13 September 2023 English
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Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy · 11 September 2023 English
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School of Public Policy, University of Calgary · 17 August 2023 English
This lack of investment is, in turn, manifesting as an increase in Canada’s infrastructure deficit and an overall decline in the reputation of the quality of existing infrastructure. [...] To …
Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Small Arms Survey Group, and Routledge Publications. Robert …
School of Public Policy, University of Calgary · 17 August 2023 English
This lack of investment is, in turn, manifesting as an increase in Canada’s infrastructure deficit and an overall decline in the reputation of the quality of existing infrastructure. [...] To …
Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Small Arms Survey Group, and Routledge Publications. Robert …
RI: Rideau Institute · 6 July 2023 English
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• The Arms Trade Treaty, general arms trade • Small arms and light weapons • Explosive Weapons in Populated …
ICPC: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime · 29 June 2023 French
Fondé en 1994, le CIPC a pour mission de promouvoir l’adoption de normes internationales axées sur la prévention de la criminalité et de la justice pénale dans le but de …
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ICPC: International Centre for the Prevention of Crime · 29 June 2023 Spanish
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