where can i read about the engineering that goes in modern firearm/tanks/jets/...?the working process behind how they figured out stuff like the flintlock or the wheelock is also appreciated.
if there is also a book on wing geometry and aerodinamics that would be appreciated.
>>65601261Start with The Gun and Its Development by W. W. Greener for the flintlock through percussion cap/early cartridge era. It went through 7+ editions, basically in the late 1800s periodhttps://archive.org/details/gunitsdevelopmen00greerich/page/n9/mode/2upAfterward, do The Machine Gun by George M. Chinn which comes in four volumes, starting in the 1950s. For tanks, do Technology of Tanks by Richard M. Ogorkiewicz (Jane’s, 1991).
>>65601404thx, do you also have anything on sword smithing and its evolution
>>65601413It's not as good as the others, which were written for professionals and highly interested laymen; but Swords & Hilt Weapons by Michael D. Coe is a good intro.
