Timeline for What is the realistic approach for a person from modern age to build a modern weapon factory in the Bronze Age?
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| Apr 24, 2020 at 19:21 | comment | added | Dan Hanson | And a gun isn't just 'steel' There's chrome/molybdenum steel in the barrel, different grades of steel for the receiver and other parts, spring steel for the springs, etc. Example of a simple problem: If you can't precisely control the process that makes springs, each gun would behave differently. And since there is no repeatable, precision manufacturing, you'd have to make everything, down to the screws, by hand. So no spare parts, no assembly lines, and each gun would be a massive amount of labor. If it worked at all. | |
| Apr 23, 2020 at 20:47 | comment | added | Hueco | Agree with all this but wanted to add: Even if they made a crude modern gun, there's also the bullet, casing, gunpowder, and primer. Exactly what mix is in the powder to govern its burn speed, the weight of the bullet, affects the pressure in the chamber when the round goes off. This has been a long and experimental road in our own history. If their crude gun wasn't made of the same metals/strength as modern, then a modern bullet would likely blow it up (or any bullet based on modern data). The early Chinese hand-cannon would be potentially possible if they had the right metals... | |
| Apr 23, 2020 at 19:58 | comment | added | GuilleOjeda | Like asking a driver to build a car using only a backpack. | |
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| Apr 23, 2020 at 6:58 | comment | added | Kepotx | This. Standing on the shoulders of giants doesn't work well without a giant. Even if you have a complete knowledge of final steps, you probably lack lot of the steps between bronze and modern age. | |
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| Apr 23, 2020 at 5:22 | history | answered | Jack | CC BY-SA 4.0 |