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War-machines through history

By J3RK
  • 600 BCE

    Battering ram

    Battering ram
    Midevil war-machine used to swing back and forth to break down gates and, or walls during a siege.
  • Period: 600 BCE to

    War machines through time

  • 400 BCE

    Trebuchet

    Trebuchet
    A siege weapon that uses a counterweight to throw projectiles at the enemy.
  • 300 BCE

    Catapult

    Catapult
    A siege weapon that uses tension to throw projectiles at the enemy.
    Invented by Dionysius the Elder
  • 1300

    Cannon

    Cannon
    An artillery weapon that sues gunpowder to shoot out a fast moving projectile at the enemy.
  • 1364

    Firearm

    Firearm
    A portable gun capable of firing small fast moving projectiles at the enemy.

  • Warboat

    Warboat
    A navy ship that is used for naval warfare.

  • Fighter-plane

    Fighter-plane
    Aircraft used to drop bombs or shoot down at the enemy from above. Made by Wright brothers

  • Tank

    Tank
    A large metal land vehicle used to be able to carry large cannons of it and be mobile also able to take bullets without damage. Made by Lancelot de Mole

  • Missile

    Missile
    Self propelled weapon that carries an explosive. made by German scientists in ww2.

  • Nuke

    Nuke
    A weapon that uses nuclear energy. First nuke built by Norris Bradbury, John Manley, Enrico Fermi and J. Kellogg. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman and other members of the "Manhattan project".