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Technique: cutting weapons in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - art and war
Krajíc, Petr ; Kafková, Helena (advisor) ; Filip, Michal (referee)
TITLE: Technique: cutting weapons in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - art and war AUTHOR: Petr Krajíc DEPARTMENT: Institute for professional development, faculty of education SUPERVISOR: Mgr. Helena Kafková ABSTRACT The target of the thesis is to present cold weapons not just as means of hunt, everyday use, but also as an attribute of the worrior art and to present reasons and changes, that lead to continual retirement of cold weapons to marginal possition. I study relevant concepts and sketch various dimensions that a weapon has under the changing circumstances. The thematic part of the work is devoted to cold weapons of the period of Habsburc monarchy. I present, in six chapters, basic patterns of use and kinds of cold weapons, described chronologically in concord with their history. I also study the period of the First Czechoslovak Republic. The major contribution of the thesis is acquiring basic knowledge from history, technical development and also the reasons of various changes and presentation of the weapon as artifact of its individual value. I also offer a picture of history and its sense and accompany it with cold weapons understood as a means of expressing important social concepts. Key words: War, weapon, mobilization, work
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The axe in the Early Middle Ages as a tool, weapon and symbol of the social status
Orgonášová, Ľudmila ; Sláma, Jiří (advisor) ; Štefan, Ivo (referee)
The topic of this thesis is processing of finds of early medieval axes from areas of Moravia and Bohemia, based on accessible publications and is fully supported by this processing in a mater of crafting, but mainly in a matter combat and symbolic use of this versatile tool. The aim of the thesis is to introduce the reader to basic types of Slavic axes, their manufacturing and occurrence in particular localities, but mainly with the context of discovery circumstances and its interpretation with the relations to life of early medieval man. In a small extent, a statement of existing iconographic and written sources is used, mainly in questions that are not sufficiently known from archeological finds and situations.
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Forensic ballistics
Votava, Milan ; Štourač, Petr (advisor) ; Musil, Jan (referee)
- 1 - 9. Abstract Forensic ballistics The goal of this thesis is to initiate readers into the branch of criminalistic or forensic ballistics and to its basic terminology. It is not possible to compile this theme at full length, there is no sufficient space for it, therefore I offer professional minimum of criminalistic ballistics. The fundamental purpose of my thesis is to afford the complex view of problems of modern forensic ballistics. The thesis is composed of introduction, six chapters, conclusion and supplements. Introduction defines short acquaintance with theme and with reasons why I decided on the subject of criminalistic ballistics. The following chapter "Historic development of fire arms" features history of weapons or fire arms. The subchapter "Historical development of forensic ballistics" includes the development of the branch abroad and in the territory of late Czechoslovakia too, including the well-known case of manslaughter of countess Windischgrätz. The chapter "Conception of forensic ballistics and its signification" illustrates basic division of criminalistic ballistics, then illustrates objects of investigation and occurrence of ballistics clues. The chapter named "Categories of object in ballistics investigation" is divided into three subchapters and readers can learn basic dividing of...
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Weapon (not only) as a work of art
Dirga, Pavel ; Šmíd, Jan (advisor) ; Kafková, Helena (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce various types of weapons, not only as objects of everyday use, but also as objects which are of high artistic value. The aim is to introduce the phenomenon of arms not only as objects, which are designed for different types of practical applications, but also as a fine art and artifacts with the aesthetic and functional value. The main method for the production of this thesis was to study literature and other texts, or materials related to the given topic. The thesis is divided into several chapters by type of weapon (cold, firearms) and by continents, where the weapons occurred. Then I focused my research on the phenomenon of arms in the film industry, and the question of arms and related violence and also the issue of preventing violence, bullying and crime. Keywords: Art-work, ornamentation, gun, cool gun, violence, aggression, prevention
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Weapon (not only) as a work of art
Sedláček, Petr ; Šmíd, Jan (advisor) ; Sýkora, Ondřej (referee)
The purpose of this bachelor work is to introduce a small-arms not only as an object for various kinds of practical utilization, but also to afer on thein values from the point of their perception as an art artefact in the linkup on their development in different cultures. It directs also on the region of Japan and samurai swords with reference on their sociocultural value. In the part dedicated to the hand weapons it introduces a history of their creation and methods of their division. In the last part presents the weapon as a device used in the movie industry and in the computer games in the linkup on a weapon presentation as an item of the violence in an up to date society. One of the targets of this bachelor work about weapons is an analyse of the social pathological event of the shooting in the schools so called "school shooting", which becomes very extended phenomen of current days. Work points on the possibilities and reasons of the origin of this phenomen by revealing a possible offender profile and further I introduce a concepts of the school shooting prevention in the linkup on the posibility to reveal potencial offender in time. Benefits of the bachelor work is getting a basic knowledges from the history and hand weapons development section, but also their presentation as an object of...
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Application of decision-making models in modernization of weapon equipment of the hunting association Borovy
Mraček, Martin ; Houška, Milan (advisor) ; Martin, Martin (referee)
The aim of this thesis on the application of decision-making models in renewing the arsenal of Borovy Gamekeepers' Organisation (MS Borovy, z.s.) is to select, using a method of multi-criteria decision analysis, a suitable hunting weapon that will best comply with the conditions under which the Borovy Gamekeepers' Organisation (a registered society) exercises its right to hunt and manage game and wildlife. The theoretical part of this paper focuses on weapons, in addition to describing models of multi-criteria decision-making. The second part of the thesis addresses the tradition of hunting and game management as well as various hunting methods, and introduces the Borovy Gamekeepers' Organisation, its hunting grounds and various game species occurring in that area. Subsequently, the author of this paper discusses the selection of a compromise option for a hunting weapon, using a suitable method of multi-criteria decision analysis. Based on the outcome of this selection, a recommendation is made on a suitable hunting weapon for members of the Borovy Gamekeepers' Organisation and the surrounding hunting grounds.
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Maintenance and service SW for weapon calibration
Fedor, Denis ; Macho, Tomáš (referee) ; Petyovský, Petr (advisor)
This thesis deals with virtual weapon simulator SAVIT for armed forces training. Using the example of training weapon MP5 the electrical structure of the device itself is described, followed by the description of communication protocol CANaerospace and USB. The thesis contains the list of parameters of the individual training weapons which are eligible to view in their service program. It also describes graphical user interface of the service program and important parts of its implementation. This thesis does not omit description of the communication between service program and training weapon. In the end it also contains the description of program testing and evaluation of the results of this thesis.
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