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--- pods:small_arms_body_armour_and_equipment [2018/07/21 01:24] – [Projectile small arms : Mechanical] petike
+++ pods:small_arms_body_armour_and_equipment [2022/09/13 07:22] (current) – [Projectile small arms : Firearms] petike
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 Points of divergence dealing with alternate developments of various personal weapons. Entries in all of the POD sections are sorted as chronologically as possible.
 ==== General discussions ====
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 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-empires-by-the-sword-literally.201951/|Challenge: Great global empires created by conquests without guns and explosives]]**
+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-native-americans-had-bronze-age-or-iron-age-weaponry-what-would-it-look-like.404356/|If Native Americans had Bronze Age or Iron Age weaponry, what would it look like ?]]**
 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-japans-great-sword-hunt-failed.122050/|What if Japan's Great Sword Hunt failed ?]]**
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-crossbows-in-250-bc-effects-in-armies.394401/|Effects of crossbows on armies if they were around in 250 BC ?]]**
+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/heavy-repeating-crossbow.300182/|Plausibility check: Performance of heavy repeating crossbows]]**
 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/romans-invent-the-repeating-crossbow.31520/|Plausibility check: Romans inventing the repeating crossbow ?]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-wi-heian-period-japanese-warriors-focused-on-the-crossbows-instead-of-mounted-archery.476472/|AHC/WI: Heian period Japanese warriors focused on the crossbows instead of mounted archery]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/plausibility-check-native-americans-developing-crossbows-and-their-spread-in-the-new-world.447967/|Plausibility check: Native Americans developing crossbows (and their spread in the New World)]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-wi-heian-period-japanese-warriors-focused-on-the-crossbows-instead-of-mounted-archery.476472/|Heian period Japanese warriors focused on crossbows instead of mounted archery]]**
 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-empires-by-the-sword-literally.201951/|Challenge: Great global empires created by conquests without guns and explosives]]**
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 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/rifled-arrows.92270/|Plausibility check: Rifled arrows ?]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-the-magazine-fed-bow-had-been-invented-in-the-middle-ages.484916/|WI the magazine-fed bow had been invented in the Middle Ages ?]]**
 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/impact-of-early-development-of-the-compound-bow.76437/|Impact of early development of the compound bow ?]]**
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earlier-pike-and-shot-with-crossbows.348062/|Plausibility check: Earlier Pike and Shot with crossbows ?]]**
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=127915|Longest continued use of the longbow possible ?]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/how-good-can-you-make-a-crossbow.494642/|How good can you make a crossbow?]]**
-**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/plausibility-check-native-americans-developing-crossbows-and-their-spread-in-the-new-world.447967/|Plausibility check: Native Americans developing crossbows (and their spread in the New World)]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/where-was-european-military-doctrine-headed-if-not-for-the-introduction-of-gunpowder.504702/|Where was European military doctrine headed if not for the introduction of gunpowder?]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/if-like-many-here-argue-that-the-longbow-was-considered-an-outdated-weapon-by-the-16th-century-then-why-did-the-mary-rose-sink-with-250-of-them.495908/|If the longbow was considered an outdated weapon by the 16th century, then why did the Mary Rose sink with 250 of them?]]**
+**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=127915|Longest continued use of the longbow possible ?]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=73733|Better Aztec bows]]**
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=73321|Challenge: Timeline with technology where bows remain the preferred projectile weapons]]**
-**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/heavy-repeating-crossbow.300182/|Plausibility check: Performance of heavy repeating crossbows]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=32650|Military Tactics Without Gunpowder]]**
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 **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/american-frontiersmen-use-longbows-as-well-as-muskets-rifles.63923/|Challenge: American frontiersmen use longbows as well as muskets/rifles]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/in-a-world-without-gunpowder-pneumatic-weapons.370394/|Pneumatic weapons in a world without gunpowder ?]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=101624|Longbows in the Peninsular Campaign]]**
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=305940|Pluasibility check: Nerf guns in a way that 19th century military technology will be lagging behind]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/could-the-modern-world-have-developed-without-gunpowder.413485/|Could the modern world have developed without gunpowder?]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=32650|Military Tactics Without Gunpowder]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=107850|WI Europe rejects gunpowder ?]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-would-colonization-of-the-new-world-without-gunpowder-look-like.376294/|What would colonization of the New World without gunpowder look like ?]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=124653|Alternate muskets]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earliest-viable-repeating-gun.481210/|Earliest viable repeating gun?|]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=55698|No Colt revolver]]**
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258952|WI: The British chose another rifle over the Martini-Henry]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/mini%C3%A9-ball-was-not-invented-earlier.286027/|Minié ball not invented earlier]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-amerindian-guncotton.337224/|WI: Amerindian guncotton]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265014|Automatic Rifles from 1890]]**
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 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=355767|Was the .45 ACP M1911 inevitable ?]]**
+**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/pc-assault-rifles-in-world-war-i.470480/|Plausibility check:Assault rifles in World War I?]]**
 **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=322510|WI Goddard "Bazooka" in WWI ?]]**