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<p>The <b>history of the firearm</b> begins in 10th-century <a href="page.php?w=History_of_science_and_technology_in_China">China</a>, when tubes containing <a href="page.php?w=gunpowder">gunpowder</a> projectiles were mounted on <a href="page.php?w=spears">spears</a> to make portable <a href="page.php?w=fire_lance">fire lance</a>s. Over the following centuries, the design evolved into various types, including portable <a href="page.php?w=Firearm">firearms</a> such as <a href="page.php?w=flintlocks">flintlocks</a> and <a href="page.php?w=blunderbuss">blunderbuss</a>es,</p><p>
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