Law enforcement officials are investigating after, they said, a five-year-old boy suffered lacerations to his hand on ...

1380 - Hand guns are known across Europe. 1400s - The matchlock gun appears. Before the matchlock, guns were fired by holding a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel igniting the powder inside.

THE introduction states that hand grenades were in ... conditions infantry armed only with rifle and bayonet found it impossible to press home an attack or hold a position against troops armed ...