H I S T O R Y A R M S
Over thousands of years, man has developed an enormous variety
of offensive and defensive weapons for use in battle as well as a
vast array of armor and other protective devices.
For better or worse, warfare is one of mankind's defining
tendencies. Coercion by organized violence has played a crucial
role in human life since prehistory, and the need for battlefield
advantages has provided a continual impetus to the development
of science and technology.