The 10 DEADLIESTMilitary Inventions

There are NO winners in war

● Many wars start from religion, revenge, and greed

● Many people die in war by being shot, blown up and being poisoned

● Lots of people think “the bigger, the better”, but in some circumstances they're wrong

10 - Sword

● Was used for a long period of time and is still used today

● From the size of a ruler to a couple metres long

● Most commonly used to slice the enemy

● One of the only protections against a sword was to wear metal armour

9 - English Longbow

● Used in 3 battles

● Bow was 2 metres, arrows were 1 metre

● Nicknamed “machine gun of the middle ages”

● Used about 45 kilograms of pressure to draw

8 - Stirrup

● Used in the middle ages and still used today

● Totally changed how to mount a horse

● Allowed the riders to fight with two-handed weapons while on horseback

7 - Land Mine

● Used from the middle ages to today

● Mines can be placed in the water as well as on land

● Hundreds of people are killed or injured each week

6 - Gunpowder

● Used from the middle ages to today

● Made of many different chemicals

● Known first as “black powder” in China

● Used to make many different explosives

5 - Battleship

● Used from the 15th century to the mid 1900's

● Hundreds of metres long and covered in weaponry

● Old battleships were made of wood, but today's are made of steel and have new technology, like radars and alarms

● A battleship floats because it's filled with air which is less dense than water

4 - Tank

● Used from the early 1900s to today

● Weighed about as much as an elephant

● Plated with hardened steel

● There are many different kinds of tanks, depending on the terrain

3 - Bomber

● Used from the early 1900s to today

● Can carry huge amounts of weaponry and explosives

● A bomber can have 52 metre wingspan

2 - Chemical and Biological Weapons

● Used from World War I to today

● Once it has contact the chemicals get inside a person and deal great damage

● The protection for these chemicals are: hood, mask, gloves, chemical protective suit, socks & over boots

1 - Nuclear Bomb

● Used from mid 1900s to today

● About 15 feet in length, weighs 3 or 4 tonnes

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● The explosion can demolish whole cities in minutes and cause great casualties by radiation poisoning