Since the introduction of the flintlock musket in the 17th century, military small arms have gone through a series of significant changes. Photo: Getty Images/Dimitri Vervitsiotis
World's Biggest Nail Gun
Annie McLeod of Canwest News Service, reported recently that, " a demonstration of the world's largest nail gun went off with a bang." The nail gun was fired off by the Morsky Hyspeed Soil Nailing Ltd displaying its Shotrods Hy-Speed Soil Nailing technology. The device uses compressed air to thrust six-metre long steel nails into slopes at 320 kilometres an hour to correct landslides and stop erosion. full story
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