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by Hellaphunt's Skynet on May 1st, 2008

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When and why did "fire" become the command to shoot?

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  • by Jack Wallace on May 10th, 2008

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    Canons and the earliest hand guns (the hand cannon and arquebus) were fired in the same way: you actually set fire to the powder in the flash-pan. The command "fire" meant to put the fire to the powder.

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