Weapons Of the 18 th Century

1. Weapons Of the 18th Century http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Musketparts.jpg/800px-Musketparts.jpg By: Me http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bayonette-p1000740.jpg/611px-Bayonette-p1000740.jpg This is a copy write free presentation. No rights reserved http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cannon1.jpg/800px-Cannon1.jpg

2. Flintlock Musket • Replaced some previous designs such as the matchlock, a gun with a slow burning fuse and an early trigger to ignite the gunpowder. • Used a metal striker to hit a piece of flint rock against metal to cause a spark. • Sometimes unreliable because flint is easily broken and is hard to use to make sparks when it is wet. • Took as long as half a minute to prepare for another shot • The standard weapon of infantry during the Revolutionary War. • Later replaced by more reliable percussion cap. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/.303ammunition.jpeg/220px-.303ammunition.jpeg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Bulletfixed1.PNG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flintlock.jpg/800px-Flinloctk.jpg

3. Rifle • Surprisingly were not the weapon of choice • Took much longer to load than a conventional musket. • Modified rifles are still in use today • Rifle- What makes them a “rifle” is the rifling or spiraling inside the barrel, causing the bullet to spiral much like a football, drastically increasing the accuracy. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/105mm_tank_gun_Rifling.jpg/600px-105mm_tank_gun_Rifling.jpg

4. Bayonet • Bayonet- In short, a bayonet is a knife stuck on the barrel of a gun so you could use you gun like a spear. • Original bayonets were mounted inside the barrel but were soon replaced with more advanced side mounted designs. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Bayonette-p1000740.jpg/611px-Bayonette-p1000740.jpg

5. Cannons • Cannons were very hard to load • They took between 7 to 14 people to operate • Would fire almost anything you could put down the barrelbut worked best with cannonballs. • Could be used to destroy ships with large cannonballs or to kill infantry in the same way a shotgun would. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Cannon_Fire.jpg/800px-Cannon_Fire.jpg

6. Submarine • Called the turtle, it was basically a hollow sphere that someone rode in to attach explosives to the hull of a ship. • The turtle did sail (if you could say “sail”) but failed to get the explosives attached to the hull of the ship. • Only saw one mission because it was lost when the ship transporting it was sunk. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Turtle_model_at_the_Royal_navy_submarine_museum.jpg/452px-Turtle_model_at_the_Royal_navy_submarine_museum.jpg

7. Bullets • Soldiers actually cast their own ammunition. • Used molds to cast bullets • Poured molten lead into a mold, let cool, and then removed to use in combat http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/MaryRose-round_shot.JPG/220px-MaryRose-round_shot.JPG

8. Credits http://military.discovery.com/history/revolutionary-war/weapons/weapons.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flintlock_musket http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matchlock http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Radioactive.svg/600px-Radioactive.svg.png