For hundreds of years prior to the 20th century, war had changed very little with the improvements in weapon technology that ...

But when World War One started they became weapons. Pilots could spy on enemy targets and the first bombs were dropped from the air. Scientists, inventors and engineers had begun their own battle ...

But when World War One started they became weapons. Pilots could spy on enemy targets and the first bombs were dropped from the air. Scientists, inventors and engineers had begun their own battle ...

The submachine gun was developed during the First World War, and Germany’s MG18 is largely recognized as the first successful example of the new class of weapon. Typically chambered with ...

manufacturing guns that could help win World War I. At this indoor range, men—perhaps motivated by pinup pictures and the urgency of a calendar—adjusted the sights and tested the accuracy of ...

1854-56 - The Crimean War. The last war to use only muzzle-loaded guns. 1859 - The first full rim-fire cartridge. 1860 - Spencer repeating carbine patented. Introduced at the start of the Civil ...

Will the world ever be free of the menace of nuclear annihilation? There was a promising start along these lines during the late twentieth century, ...