Warfare Timeline

By cjparker
  • 3500 BCE

    When humans first used a bow/arrow

    They helped make long distance shots and they are sneaky so no one knew you were there.
  • 3000 BCE

    When horses were first domesticated

    They gave quicker passage to areas and they were also a variety, giving the people with horses the advantage.
  • 1900 BCE

    The invention of the first machine gun

    Machine guns could shoot hundreds of rounds of ammunition a minute and the standard military tactic of World War One was the infantry charge.
  • 1800 BCE

    The development of the revolver handgun

    It is a repeating handgun that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing.
  • 1700 BCE

    The development of the first submarine

    During the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare.
  • 1500 BCE

    The development of the matchlock gun

    The classic matchlock gun held a burning slow match in a clamp at the end of a small curved lever known as the serpentine.
  • 1180 BCE

    The invention of the longbow

    Longbows were not so effective that they replaced the major medieval tactic of a cavalry charge and rather, they were used to harass the enemy and to prevent the enemy from spreading out enough to threaten the sides or the flanks of an army.
  • 900 BCE

    The invention of gunpowder

    Their explosive invention would become the basis for almost every weapon used in war from that point on, from fiery arrows to rifles, cannons and grenades.
  • 300 BCE

    The development of the trebuchet

    In medieval wars the trebuchet and other siege engines were used to attack castles and destroy defences. Trebuchets catapulted huge boulders, smashing down walls. They could also be used to fire diseased bodies and dead animals into a besieged castle or walled city.
  • 618

    The development of the first hand cannon

    Magnum caliber handguns or pistols that use rifle cartridges comprise most of the Handcannon trope, due to their superior ballistics. Shotguns & rifles, grenade launchers , and fictional pistols that fire powerful laser beams are also considered.