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S1 E12 The New Navy

Documentary

TV-14

54m

May 4, 2015

Imagine you're a third-world dictator with delusions of grandeur. You've spent a good deal of your nation's gross national product on state-of-the-art weaponry.

Season 1, 8 Episodes

Season 1 (8 Episodes)

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - Rails & Rams

The Civil War is renowned for the introduction and employment of many new weapons, including rifled artillery, machine guns, and submarines. To this list should also be added railroads.

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - Hot Air & Hot Lead

Hot Air & Hot Lead,

Nothing could have been more fortuitous than the timing of the Civil War's coming. At least so far as the makers of weapons were concerned. For the men who had to use and suffer by those arms.

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - Rams & Rivers

Although fleet or squadron operations continued a historic role, the daring of the individual still possessed the potential to destroy a Goliath. Stealth, deception, and hoax were employed alongside conventional military confrontation.

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - Steel Sharks

On the night of September 6th, 1776, a small group of men on the shore of New York Harbor silently lowered a most peculiar-looking craft named the American Turtle into the water. It carried an underwater bomb.

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - Full Auto

The machine gun was to be a major killer, but, at first, did not revolutionize the battlefield. Indeed, early use of the machine gun was limited.

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - This is My Rifle

This is My Rifle,

The longbow was the machine gun of the Middle Ages. Accurate, deadly, possessing a long-range and rapid rate of fire. By the 16th century, firearms replaced bows as their potential was grasped.

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - Vertical Flight

Vertical Flight,

The beginning of the 20th century saw the pioneers of vertical flight resolving many of the problems that kept their crafts from getting off the ground.

Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons - The New Navy

Imagine you're a third-world dictator with delusions of grandeur. You've spent a good deal of your nation's gross national product on state-of-the-art weaponry.

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Innovations of War: The Evolution of Tactical Military Weapons

Documentary

TV-14

1 Season

53m

This documentary series takes a look at the constantly evolving ways in which wars are fought, focusing on the technological advances in warfare weaponry beginning with the Industrial Revolution and through the modern-day.

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