"the treaty of Versailles led to ww2" is incorrect in the first place when it wasn't even enforced properly, but the Nazi used that as a talking point anyway. Who knows, maybe crushing Weimar the economy to pieces would have prevented another war, can't produce weapons when they don't have...
more like we got WW2 because the treaty of Versailles weren't even enforced properly, Germany kept getting away with not paying and remilitarizing.
TIK explained it here
She knows it is a weapon, she probably just thinks it is just another weapon, because that's what Dwarfs do. from what we've seen, it is likely that getting out of the Abandoned involve fighting, so it is reasonable for her to think they will just use the weapon just for escaping.
well the panel refers to the guy as "King of Mirdin", so it could be his actual title.
also this depends on how this "Mirdin Empire" works as well, the title "Emperor" might have never been used there. for example, King of the United Kingdom was never called "Emperor of the British Empire", but...
probably a case of the military using outdated tech because they are more reliable or whatever. The US's nuclear command had also been using floppy disks until 2019.