Technological Innovations In World War

There have been many wars and many technological innovations throughout the course of recorded history. None have more bloody than the pair of worldwide wars that afflicted the global in the first fifty years of the twentieth century. This was a worldwide conflict with more nations, people, and money involved than ever before. It seems in course of humanity necessity has driven innovation. In turn innovations with their incremental steps give birth to new technology that ultimately change the way wars are fought and won. Therefore, technology was the driving force behind transformation of modern warfare exemplified by the innovations during, around, and after the World Wars.
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At the time the French pioneered the use of a tactic where they hide behind a hill or rise in topography out of the enemies’ direct line of sight, the field officers forward to sight correct the aim, and then the corrections to the firing solution then relayed back to the firing team. With the introduction of the French 75mm the corrections could be done with highly rehearsed precession geometric calculations in combination with range settings, the foundation for “subsequent twentieth-century field gunnery”(Herrmann p.80). The German and French 150mm and 155mm Heavy howitzer variations had better range, accuracy, and well as force at impact, but required to be towed into the front by horse or motorized means, only the German 150mm howitzer had the ability to be wheeled in like the smaller field guns(Herrmann p.81). Smaller arms such as pistols and rifles come in various sizes with varying configurations. Pistols were less frequently used in that they were given to officers rather than regular soldiers well in to the second world war. The rifle was the most used and crucial weapon for the average general infantrymen throughout both wars. Rifles are of a larger dimension than pistols. They are better down range than close quarter weapons. The concept of ever solider having a side arm rifle combination is a relatively new staple in the military. There was also the invention of automatic pistols in and around the end of the first war, but they were unideal for warfare seeing as they had limited rounds in conjunction with extremely inaccurate targeting. However, the found a purpose in quarter late World War I trench warfare. By the same limitations and advantages shotguns are also extremely effective close range weapons that are commonly