Tank guns have come a long way—from low-velocity cannons to precision, high-penetration weapons capable of destroying targets ...

Smithsonian Channel will explore the evolution of weapons throughout history and how they changed the course of mankind in the new documentary series WORLD OF WEAPONS. Weapons comprise an ever ...

We will also focus on just personal weapons, ignoring the evolution of big guns like artillery and cannons. Origins in China: The Fire Lance. nevarpp / iStock via Getty Images.

Inventor Benjamin Tyler Henry, created the Henry Repeating Rifle in 1862, and "semi-automatic weapons" were born. Though the Henry repeater isn't a modern semi-automatic (it still had to be cocked ...

8pm NAZI MEGA WEAPONS - History ... This is the story of the engineers tasked with fulfilling that dream, and an arms race that resulted in the evolution of super-guns and tanks.

Weapon performance drives weapon evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 2021; 288 (1943): 20202898 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2898 Cite This Page : ...

But cultural evolution has made it not only possible but easy. Advertisement This biology-culture disconnect is especially acute in the realm of nuclear weapons.

"Evolution has produced an incredible diversity of weapons in animals, but we don't fully understand why," Emberts said. "And if selection favors weapons that inflict the most damage, then why don ...

The National World War II Museum hosted a discussion on the evolution of weapons during World War II, from armored tanks to the development of smart weapons. This talk was a part of the National ...