Weapons of War

Introduction:

In my opinion, no history of the war would be complete without an overview of the weapons of war. This is because war has certainly broght many innovate development of weaponry. Thus, I would like to share about how different weapons of war came about...

Weapons of War:

Firstly I would like to start off with the commonly known bayonet. The bayonet is simply a blade that is attached to the barrel of a rifle for use in close combat. Even in our modern times, there are still many occasions when close combat fighting is necessary, making it the ideal scenario for the use of the bayonet. Bayonets are generally directed at the vulnerable points of the enemy's body to cripple them.



Next, I would like to direct my attention to the machine gun. The machine gun was created on a relatively simple concept. The gas produced by the explosion of powder in each machine gun cartridge would cause a recoil which served to continuously operate the machine gun mechanism. Many felt that this was rather eficient as no external power was needed and this was commonly used in the second world war.



The rifle still remained the most crucial, ever-present infantry weapon from the past. A good example of the rifle would be the sniper. Snipers played an important role in destroying the morale of the enemies as assassins would mostly taget at the leaders of the enemies. Soldiers knew that they could not walk about freely along exposed trenches or they can expect a well-aimed bullet stucked in their heads!



Last but not least, I would like to mention about the evolutions of the tanks. The tank can be dated back to the world war, where trench warfare was ever-present. Many believed that tanks had the enormous potential to break through enemy trench defences and they were proven right. After the successful demostration of the potentials of tanks, countries started building them and gradually, tanks developed into what we see in our modern day.