Meet the 5 Deadliest Guns in the History of War
These things killed millions of people.
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Modern warfare has seen breathtaking advances in the last hundred years, as mortal competition between nations spawns successively deadlier weapons. Aircraft, missiles, tanks, submarines and other inventions—many of which did not exist in practical terms in 1914—have quickly earned key positions in the militaries of the world.
Yet there is still one invention that, although conceived more than five hundred years ago, still has a vital place on today’s battlefield: the infantry weapon and supporting arms. No matter how high-tech the armed forces of the world have become, warfare since the end of the Second World War has consistently involved some form of infantry combat.