Civil War
Three Landmark Weapons Of Modern Warfare
It seems that throughout history, modern and ancient, the greatest efforts expended by man have been directed towards the development of war weapons. It may be a response to man’s aggressiveness that wants domination of others as means of survival. He who can command others has the least chance of expiring through extraordinary methods because he has more means at his disposal, including human lives.
Others may argue, however, that to respond to aggression of people with greater capabilities, those with less capacities must reduce if not eliminate the numerical advantage of the other via superior weapons. This was probably the line of reasoning why Hitler developed the Vergeltungswaffen, the V1 and V2 flying bombs, and the Me262, the first jetfighters to engage in air combat. Adolf Hitler sought to counter the Allied Powers’ superiority in weapons quantity and men through ‘miracle weapons’ or, more exactly, ‘vengeance weapons’.
Yet the significant world war weapons were not rockets but the armored tanks. In both world wars, tanks, either by greater number or better tactics, forced the outcome of decisive battles in all areas of conflict. With tanks, much territory was captured or great damage inflicted on the enemy that for him retreat was the only option. The introduction of the first tanks in the Battle of the Somme caused so much consternation on the Germans they were forced to give up so much ground. Technology won the day for the Allies at the time.
So the tank became the building block of aggressive blitzkrieg warfare by Germany –along with air offensives— in the panzer divisions of the next war. Heinz Guderian’s panzer-led spearheads were so successful in France in the first days of World War 2 that even Hitler thought Guderian was lying when Guderian said they were nearing the English Channel. Hitler and his generals believed Guderian was exaggerating his successes, and ordered him to stop in his tracks. So the British Army was saved at Dunkirk.
But among the civil war weapons, perhaps the bayonet was the most important. Hand-to-hand- fighting was performed there in significant scale and the bayonet was a decisive weapon for either side. Since repeating rifles were at its initial development at the time, the primary close quarters infantry weapon was the bayonet, not the sword, a cavalry weapon. The bayonet ran a close second to the musket as the greatest cause of casualties on either side.
For the Middle Ages, the most notable of medieval weapons, though not for offense but for defense, is the knight’s armor. Wearing it, a knight can smite a hundred unprotected foot soldiers without suffering a scratch, fight a similarly-clad knight for a day without anyone winning if of equal expertise, and rest for the night as if nothing has happened, to fight the next day. He was smug in his protective armor until, of course, he met the English long bow.
But that is another weapon for further discussion.
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