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Firearm

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. "Firearm." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/inventions/firearm.

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Firearm. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/inventions/firearm

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@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-firearm,
  author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas},
  title = {Firearm},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/inventions/firearm},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A firearm is any type of gun that shoots projectiles using high explosive pressure generated from combustion of chemical propellant, most often black powder in antique firearms and smokeless powder in modern firearms. The first firearms originated in 10th-century Song dynasty China.

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950 1

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1. Firearm (Wikipedia)

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A firearm is any type of gun that shoots projectiles using high explosive pressure generated from combustion (deflagration) of chemical propellant, most often black powder in antique firearms and smokeless powder in modern firearms.

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1. Firearm (Wikipedia)

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The first firearms originated in 10th-century Song dynasty China

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