weapon was manufactured for a long time.Initially people used accidentally found boulders or sticks.By producing their own food, protecting your home from the enemy, the man learned to make stone hammers.Spears, bows and arrows appeared as weapon enhancements.
mining, metal processing has led to the emergence of a new profession.Gunslinger - is a master of making weapons, protective equipment.It is engaged in the manufacture of swords and shields, helmets and crossbows.
Who are gunsmiths?
Weapons of antiquity was replaced by more advanced models.Military equipment was developed.At first it was cold steel.Piercing and cutting items.With the invention of gunpowder appeared gunshot appliances.Small and automatic gear - arquebus, food, muskets.
Gunslinger - a professional in the manufacture of military equipment.Peaks and spears, swords and sabers were created by these artists.Engraving, chasing, decorating weapons added value, making unique master in the manufacture of certain types of products.Gradually merged functional and decorative properties of weapons.
Manual forging, foundry difficulty balancing - the master of arms secrets inherited.Father showed in practice technology for a special type of steel, the son expounded particularly hardening of the blade.So there were dynasties of gunsmiths.
origin of the word
main sources of the ancient people were hunting, fishing and gathering.The division of labor has led to the emergence of tillers and artisans.
Even with the advent of the first communities of people learn to protect your home and family.Hunting and provide food.Developing States, and with them became more complex set of weapons.Professions associated with it, are becoming more popular.
believed that the word "weapon" is derived from the word "horn" ("horns").For the animal, they are a means of defense and attack.The meaning of "gunsmith" - an expert on military equipment.Master processing wood, metal.He knows how to create different types of weapons, trying to improve their parameters.
Russian gunsmiths
Production of military equipment was becoming more difficult.Special drawings of steel needed to build weapons.Entire factories engaged in weapons technologies.
Since the XVI century in the Tula Arms Factory earned.Military campaigns require large equipment.Swords, sabers, guns began to be produced in large quantities.
appeared in Moscow Kuznetsk settlement, Cannon yard.There's craftsmen were engaged in metal processing.Worked on the creation of bladed weapons and protective equipment - helmets, cuirasses.
Zlatoust arms factory supplied military products Russian and Soviet armies.Broadswords, daggers, swords made in this city, are among the best examples of the Armory.
The whole world known names Mikhail Kalashnikov, F.Tokareva V. Degtyarev G. Shpagin.We can say that a gunsmith - a specialist capable of providing reliable products to create high-quality sample.
later manufacture of firearms led to the emergence of factories in the cities of Carpet, Izhevsk, Klimovsk.Since 2010, it established a new memorable date.In Russia, September 19 - a professional holiday of gunsmiths.
gunsmiths modern
So what gunsmith in the modern world?It is a design engineer who creates drawings of component parts.This lathe, milling machine, able to process them.Casters, steelworkers, can weld parts together.It artists and engravers who can be forged butt handle.
Gunslinger - a combination of professions, aimed at the creation and improvement of new technologies.Such as:
- devices, night vision sights.
- machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades;
- mines, torpedoes;
- ballistic missiles, combat aircraft;
- tanks, warships.
Modern gunsmiths pay great attention to the technical characteristics.This rate and accuracy, agility and the affected area.There thermal laser systems that can hurt without bullets.Weapons, shooting from the corner, exceeds the capabilities of their brethren by bendable barrel.
State Security - the main purpose of mass military production.Gunsmiths still make an incredible contribution to the creation and strengthening of the position of the country.
