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Section I. Early repeating weapons. 1. Repeating weapons from the ancient world
Section II. Without black powder. 2. Perkin's steam gun and other oddities
Section III. The black powder era. 3. Early military rockets ; 4. Early black powder weapons ; 5. Early repeating pistols and Colt's percussion revolvers ; 6. The rimfire revolver and Rollin White's patent ; 7. Pinfire and centerfire revolvers ; 8. Repeating rifles and shotguns ; 9. Early machine guns and repeating cannon ; 10. The Gatling gun: Gatling's 150-year-old masterpiece
Sectio0n IV. The smokeless powder era. 11. Maxim's automatic machine gun: "the devil's paintbrush" ; 12. Smokeless powder and repeating rifles ; 13. Self-loading or semiautomatic pistols
Section V. The machine-gun era. 14. The development of repeating and multi-fire weapons in the early 20th century ; 15. Light machine guns in World War I ; 16. Medium and heavy machine guns in World War I ; 17. Submachine guns, semiautomatic rifles and postwar changes ; 18. Light machine gun development after World War I ; 19. Heavy machine gun and automatic cannon development after World War I ; 20. Assault rifles and the rise of the "Woolworth's" gun ; 21. Perspectives.
Section II. Without black powder. 2. Perkin's steam gun and other oddities
Section III. The black powder era. 3. Early military rockets ; 4. Early black powder weapons ; 5. Early repeating pistols and Colt's percussion revolvers ; 6. The rimfire revolver and Rollin White's patent ; 7. Pinfire and centerfire revolvers ; 8. Repeating rifles and shotguns ; 9. Early machine guns and repeating cannon ; 10. The Gatling gun: Gatling's 150-year-old masterpiece
Sectio0n IV. The smokeless powder era. 11. Maxim's automatic machine gun: "the devil's paintbrush" ; 12. Smokeless powder and repeating rifles ; 13. Self-loading or semiautomatic pistols
Section V. The machine-gun era. 14. The development of repeating and multi-fire weapons in the early 20th century ; 15. Light machine guns in World War I ; 16. Medium and heavy machine guns in World War I ; 17. Submachine guns, semiautomatic rifles and postwar changes ; 18. Light machine gun development after World War I ; 19. Heavy machine gun and automatic cannon development after World War I ; 20. Assault rifles and the rise of the "Woolworth's" gun ; 21. Perspectives.