In war, the weapons and technologies employed have direct effects on how battles are waged. When new weapons are introduced, they can dramatically alter the outcomes of warfare—and consequently change the course of history itself. This reference work provides a fascinating overview of the major weapon systems and military technologies that have had a major impact on world history.
Addressing weapons as crude as the club used by primitive man to the high-tech weapons of today such as unmanned drones, Instruments of War:
Weapons and Technologies That Have Changed History offers nearly 270 profusely illustrated entries that examine the key roles played by specific weapons and identify their success and failures. The book begins with an introductory essay that frames the subject matter of the work and discusses the history of weapons as a whole. The text is concise and accessible to general readers without extensive backgrounds in military history yet provides the detailed information necessary to convey the complexity of the evolution of warfare through technological change.
Author(s): Tucker, Spencer
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Year: 2015
Language: English
Commentary: LCCN: U800 .T77 2015 | Dewey: 623.03
Pages: 454
Tags: Военные дисциплины;Оружие и военная техника;История оружия и военной техники;
Cover
Contents
Chronological List of Entries
Alphabetical List of Entries
Introduction
Entries
Club and Mace
Ax
Sling
Spears and Other Pole Arms
Pilum
Throwing Sticks or Throwing Clubs
Picks and War Hammers
Dagger (Knife)
Sword
Lance
Bow and Arrow
Blowgun
Shields
Helmet
Body Armor
Chariot
Galley
Trireme
Corvus
Greek Fire
Mechanical Artillery
Spring-Powered Artillery Engines
Torsion-Powered Artillery Engines
Counterweight-Powered Artillery Engines
Saddle
Stirrup
Viking Longboat
Caltrop
Gunpowder
Land Mines and Mining
Longbow
Crossbow
Harquebus
Matchlock
Wheel Lock
Snaplock (Snaphance)
Pistols, Early Types
Land Artillery, Early Gunpowder Types
Leather Gun
Fuzes
Petard
Pike
Carrack
Galleon
Naval Artillery, Early Types
Gunner’s Quadrant
Turtle Ships
Frigate
Ship of the Line
Mortars, Early
Bomb Vessels
Howitzer
Shell
Shrapnel (Spherical Case Shot)
Carcass
Case Shot (Canister or Canister Shot)
Grapeshot
Flintlock
Air Gun
Rifle (Muzzle-Loader)
Blunderbuss
Bayonet
Turtle Submarine
Sea Mines
Balloons
Popham’s Signal System
Steam Warship
Percussion Cap
Rockets, Early Types
Carronade
Shell Gun
Railroads
Telegraph
Telephone
Ironclad Warships
Warrior, HMS
Naval Gun Turret
Monitor, USS
Minié Ball
Revolver
Napoleon Gun
Parrott Guns
Dahlgren Guns
Breech-Loading Rifle
Dreyse Needle Gun
Cartridge
Dynamite
Gatling Gun
Mitrailleuse
Lebel Rifle
Mauser Gewehr 98 Rifle
Mauser C96 Pistol
Maxim Gun
Steel Armor, Naval
Armor-Piercing Projectiles
Quick-Firing Naval Gun
Torpedo
Torpedo Boats
Destroyer
Dynamite Gun
Smokeless Gunpowder
Trinitrotoluene
Bicycle
Breech-Loading Field Artillery
French 75mm Gun
Breech-Loading Heavy Guns at Sea
Dumdum Bullet
Hollow or Shaped Charge
Browning (Colt) .45 Semiautomatic Pistol
Lewis Gun
Browning Automatic Rifle
MP18 Submachine Gun
Barbed Wire
Sandbags
Camouflage
Pillbox
Hand Grenades
Rifle Grenade
Stokes Mortar
Big Bertha Mortar
Paris Gun
Poison Gas
Livens Projector
Flamethrowers
Motor Transport
Armored Car
Tanks, Early
Antitank Rifle
Antimaterial Rifle
Wright Brothers’ Military Flyer
Aircraft, World War I
Fokker E.I Eindecker Fighter Aircraft
Interrupter Gear
De Havilland DH 2 Fighter Aircraft
Nieuport 17 Fighter Aircraft
Sopwith F.1 Camel Fighter Aircraft
Sikorsky Ilya Mourometz Heavy Bomber
Gotha G IV Bomber
Handley Page O/100 and O/400 Bombers
Zeppelins
Director Fire Control and New Range Finding at Sea
Dreadnought, HMS
Invincible-Class Battle Cruisers
Furious, HMS
Argus, HMS
Submarine Development to 1914
Depth Charge
Hydrophone
Radio
Antiaircraft Artillery
Browning M2 .50-Caliber Heavy Machine Gun
Molotov Cocktail
Biological Weapons
German 88mm Gun
M-2A1/M-101A1 105mm Howitzer
Long Lance Torpedo
Thompson M1A1 Submachine Gun
MP40 Submachine Gun
Sten Gun
M1 Garand Rifle
MG42 Machine Gun
Mortars, Post–World War I
T-34 Soviet Medium Tank
M4 Sherman Medium Tank
PzKpfw V Panther Medium Tank
PzKpfw Tiger and King Tiger
Self-Propelled Guns and Artillery
Birch Gun
Jeep
Truck, 2.5-Ton
Landing Craft
DUKW Amphibian Truck
Mulberry
PLUTO
Destroyer Escort
Yamato-Class Battleships, Japanese
Iowa-Class Battleships, U.S. Navy
Essex-Class Aircraft Carriers
Escort Aircraft Carriers
Liberty Ships
Snorkel
Sonar
Leigh Light
Radar
A6M Reisen (Zero) Japanese Fighter Aircraft
Bf 109 German Fighter
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka German Dive-Bomber
Hawker Hurricane British Fighter
Supermarine Spitfire British Fighter
North American P-51 Mustang U.S. Army Air Forces Fighter
Grumman F6F Hellcat U.S. Navy Fighter
Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik Soviet Ground-Attack Aircraft
Grumman TBF/TBM Avenger U.S. Torpedo Bomber
Avro Lancaster Heavy Bomber
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Heavy Bomber
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Heavy Bomber
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Heavy Bomber
Gliders
Jet and Rocket Aircraft of World War II
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Transport Aircraft
Helicopters
Sikorsky R-4 Helicopter
Incendiary Bombs
Napalm
Proximity Fuze
Panzerfaust
Bazooka
Katyusha Rocket
V-1 Buzz Bomb
V-2 Guided Missile
Kamikazes
Penicillin
Enigma Machine
Atomic Bomb
Hydrogen Bomb
Neutron Bomb
AK47 Kalashnikov Assault Rifle
Recoilless Rifles
Armored Personnel Carriers and Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
North American F-86 Sabre Jet Fighter
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
Surface-to-Air Missiles
Nautilus, U.S. Navy Submarine
Punji Stake
M16 Rifle
M79 Grenade Launcher
M18A1 Claymore Mine
M61 Vulcan 20mm Auto Cannon
M134 (GAU-2B) Minigun
Ship-to-Ship Missiles
RPG-7 Rocket-Propelled Grenade Launcher
Antitank Guided Missiles
Flechette Ammunition
Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady Reconnaissance Aircraft
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Republic F-105 Thunderchief
Bell UH-1 Iroquois Helicopter
Bell AH-1 Cobra and AH-1W SuperCobra Attack Helicopters
Mil Mi-24 Hind Helicopter
FIM-92 Stinger
AIM-9 Sidewinder Missile
Satellites
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
MX Missile System
Cruise Missiles
Polaris Missile
Precision-Guided Munitions
Cluster Bomb/Munition
M48 and M60 U.S. Main Battle Tanks
T-54/T-55 Soviet Main Battle Tank
M1A1 and M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank
Merkava Israeli Main Battle Tank
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter
Hughes (McDonnell Douglas/Boeing) AH-64 Apache Helicopter
Hawker-Siddeley/McDonnell Douglas Sea Harrier
Night-Vision Devices
Aegis
Mk 15 Phalanx
Hovercraft
Nimitz-Class U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
Ohio-Class U.S. Navy Submarines
Laser
Stealth Technology
Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit
Global Positioning System
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Panzerhaubitze 2000 German Self-Propelled Howitzer
Thermobaric Bomb
Improvised Explosive Devices
Bibliography
Index
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