The Amazing World of War Machines

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Military weapons.
Flint & Steel
S1 E1

Advances in weaponry include the invention of gunpowder.

Rifles & Machine Guns
S1 E2

Walter Hunt invents a "magazine" for loading of semi-automatic and automatic weapons.

Artillery: Bombard to Howitzer
S1 E3

The destructive power of Atomic Annie, the United States' first 280mm Howitzer first tested in 1953; the history of artillery since the advent of gunpowder.

Fortification: Bollards to Bunkers
S1 E4

Documenting civilization's earliest forts, barricades and battlements; defensive structures dating back to ancient Assyria, Egypt and Greece.

Tanks & Armored Vehicles
S1 E5

The idea of tanks began as an extension of armory.

Battleships & Flotillas
S1 E6

Tracing the history of ships since the second millennia B.C. and their uses for battle, trade, exploration, and piracy.

Submarines
S1 E7

Tracing the history of submarines back from the time of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. to the first military submarine in 1776.

Fighter Aircraft
S1 E8

The first fighter aircraft were flimsy contraptions made up of wood and fabric.

Airborne Artillery
S1 E9

The German Rumpler Taube rolled off the production line in 1911 and the planes were used in combat.

Rockets and Missiles
S1 E10

History and background of fighters, bombers, helicopters, surface fleets, armed vehicles, submarines and grenades; past, present and future.

Air Defense & Surveillance - Helicopters
S1 E11

Today's attack Helicopters show the versatility of this war machine.

Nuclear Weapons
S1 E12

Countries such as North Korea, China and Pakistan continue to develop and test nuclear missiles.

NBC2 (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical) / Future War
S1 E13

NBC - Nuclear, Biological and Chemical - are the three weapons of mass destruction.