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Technology during World War I (1914–1918) reflected a trend toward industrialism and the application of mass-production methods to weapons and to the technology of warfare in general. This trend began at least fifty years prior to World War I during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, [ 1 ] and continued through many smaller conflicts in ...
British Mark I male tank. This is a list of combat vehicles of World War I, including conceptual, experimental, prototype, training and production vehicles.The vehicles in this list were either used in combat, produced or designed during the First World War.
Date invented Invented by Original purpose Civilian uses ASDIC: 1910s United Kingdom. France. Submarine detection Sonar: Radar: mid-1930s United Kingdom [1] [2] Early warning radar, air defence systems: Air traffic control systems, microwave oven: Walkie-talkie: 1930s Canada (Donald Hings) [3] United States (Alfred J. Gross, Motorola SCR-300)
Invented during Roman times, its adoption was later spread by Christianity. [57] [4] (Modern Diesel) Common Rail: designed by researcher Mario Ricco of the FIAT Group. [58] [59] Proportional compass: generally featuring a proportional scale, it could be used for calculus of infinitesimals and proportions of geometric figures. There are three ...
World War I began as a clash of 20th-century technology and 19th-century tactics, with the inevitably large ensuing casualties. By the end of 1917, however, the major armies had modernised and were making use of telephone, wireless communication , [ 326 ] armoured cars , tanks (especially with the advent of the prototype tank, Little Willie ...
Lee-Enfield Magazine Mark I* rifle ("long Tom") Edged weapons. Kukri knife (Used by Gurkha regiments); M1907 bayonet; Pattern P1897 officer's sword; Pistol bayonet; Flare guns. Webley & Scott Mark III
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
Bergmann MG 15 (water cooled version heavy machine gun); Bergmann MG 15nA (air cooled version light machine gun); Gast M1917; Madsen M1902; Maxim machine gun; MG 18 TuF (heavy anti-tank and anti-aircraft machine gun)