Dramatic historical changes

[PieterCoetzee]

The rise of drone warfare had me thinking about the things that changed warfare.

The introduction of the English Longbow

Gunpowder

Flintlocks

Percussion ignition

Cartridge weapons

The Gatling Gun

Smokeless Powder

Submarine warfare

Maxim Machine gun

Chemical Warfare

Aerial warfare (planes and dirigibles)

Armored/Vehicle warfare

Submachine guns

Portable (light) machine guns

Rockets

Individual automatic weapons

Drones

What did I miss?

 

[Onewolf426]

You missed the Crossbow. That started the obsolescence of steel armor. Gunpowder and the firearm were the final nail in the coffin.

 

[Talyn]

Precision guided munitions (started during the VN War)

 

[Gofer]

Jets and guided munitions

 

[Onewolf426]

Nuclear

 

[SimonRL]

The Atom Bomb.

 

[PieterCoetzee]

Somewhere in there we have to add the Trebuchet (the nuke of the time) a powerful medieval siege engine that uses a falling counterweight and a long throwing arm with a sling to launch massive projectiles, sometimes exceeding 400 meters

 

[HayesGreener]

And rocks. Don't forget rocks.

 

[OldGrunt]

And rocks. Don't forget rocks.

And then came pointy sticks.

 

[Jester560]

Rocks came first if you believe the Bible

 

[HayesGreener]

Pointy sticks is why we have 45acp