Martha London - Military Weapons

Inside the Military MILITARY WEAPONS Martha London DiscoverRoo An Imprint of Pop!
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Title: Military weapons / by Martha London. Description: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Pop!, 2020 | Series:
Inside the military | Includes online resources and index. Identifiers: ISBN 9781532163890 (lib. bdg.) | ISBN
9781644940624 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781532165337 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Military weapons--Juvenile literature. |
Armaments--Juvenile literature. | Munitions--Juvenile
literature.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 MILITARY WEAPONS
IN ACTION Soldiers moved slowly through the
streets of Mosul, Iraq. Enemies had
taken over the city. US and Iraqi soldiers
worked together. They held their guns
up so they would be ready to shoot. Enemy shooters were hiding
high up in buildings. Enemy shooters were hiding
high up in buildings.

Their guns could
shoot from far away. Soldiers used
strong guns to shoot these enemies.
US planes also dropped bombs over Iraqi soldiers practice firing M16 rifles.
Many militaries around the world use this rifle.

From October 2016 to June 2017, US planes completed
69 bomb-dropping missions over Mosul, Iraq. the city. These bombs destroyed enemy
hiding places. However, they also killed
many civilians .

DID YOU KNOW? The M16 rifle can fire
200 bullets per minute.

Bombs and guns are common
military weapons. Soldiers use other
weapons too. For example, missiles Soldiers fire a Stinger missile at an aircraft. A Stinger
can follow an aircraft even as it moves. explode like bombs.

But they can fly.
Soldiers can also guide missiles in
different directions.

CHAPTER 2 HISTORY OF
MILITARY WEAPONS Many ancient armies fought with spears.
At first, spears sharp tips were made
of stone. But approximately 5,000 years
ago, people began working with metal.
They made metal spear tips and swords. LEARN MORE
HERE! Approximately 2,000 years ago, soldiers in
the Roman army fought with metal spears. DID YOU KNOW? The earliest spears are more
than 400,000 years old. Ancient armies used other weapons
too.

Longbows could shoot arrows from
far away. And catapults flung rocks
into walls. In the 800s CE, Chinese
scientists invented gunpowder. This black
powder was explosive. Early bombs used
the powder.

Ancient Greeks built the first catapult
in approximately 400 BCE. In the 1300s, armies used gunpowder
to build guns. In the 1300s, armies used gunpowder