The modern tank is called the elite weapon of every military. With powerful cannons and armor that makes a tank unstoppable this has been called the cavalry of today military and today’s soldiers could not enter combat without them and their support. The tanks use is not a long one as it was not until world war one the tank was produced, and when the first one was built no general knew what the military role the tank would play was. It was not until the world was moving into the nineteen thirties and world war two beginning the tank was still in the beginning stages when it was still in development of how it would be used in large scale battles and wars. During the time the tank was not the super weapon it is known for it was an underdeveloped and unused weapon; but was one of the most advance weapons during the time and the great importance the tank played during the war. When the tank was used on both sides; each side tried different type of tanks wondering if world war one was using the tank to its full potential or if the tank could become a force to be reckon with. When looking how the tank developed in world war two it worth looking into how the tank was at the beginning of the war and how it affected future tanks and other vehicle classes in the military.
The tank at the beginning of World War two
The tank at the beginning of the war was a small machine with weak cannons not as powerful as today’s gun and still dwarfed by the guns at the end of world war two. The armor of the tank could be easily pierced by a pistol from a foot soldier during the first world war during that time generals had to come up with how they could make a workable tank by giving it tough armor and powerful guns but without making it to heavy wher...
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Levinthal relies on the modern medium of photographic abstraction to depict the universal/total warfare of tanks and soldiers during Hitler’s Blitzkrieg. The rise of total war in WWI and WWII define the technological advancements that made it possible to create weapons, such as tanks and artillery, that could kill millions of men from the early to the middle 20th century. Fresnaye’s Cubist painting of the French infantry also defines the modernism of geometric forms that shape the emergence of industrialized war in the depiction of artillery. Artillery, much like the tank, became a machine of war that could kill or maim hundreds of thousands of men through bombardment. These technological weapons define the era of total/universal war in which massive soldier causalities would redefine he rules of war in a global context. These artistic representations of modern warfare define the modern psyche in terms of the horrors and death brought about in WWI and WWII. The emergence of universal/total warfare is closely associated with the technological styles of these artistic expressions in the modern psyche. Levinthal and Fresnaye depict differing mediums of Cubist and photographic depictions of universal/total war, but they are effective in defining the modern psyche through a
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New advances in technology changed warfare in WW2. The change in technology since WW1 has produced such things as Atom Bomb, and new and improved sea and air warfare. New techniques had to be used because of technology, techniques such as 'mouseholing'. More people were killed because of technology, as more people died in WW2 than WW1.The technological advances in WW2 changed the battlefield completely as more deadly auxiliary was introduced.
In 1937, Tucker had the idea of developing a combat vehicle. Two years later, he moved his family back to Michigan to develop new automotive products. Tucker received an opportunity from the Dutch government. The government wanted a combat vehicle that would work in the muddy Dutch land. He began to design an armored combat car, nicknamed “Tucker Tiger.” When the Germans invaded Holland, Tucker had not completed the vehicle. By then, the Dutch lost interest, so he offered it to the U.S. government. The combat car could go up to 115 mph, which was too fast for the government. They had already committed to other combat cars, and refused the car. However, the gun turret on the car took a place in the U.S. Navy and was soon used in many of the ships.
It all started on December 7th, 1941. America had entered their Second World War following the Pearl Harbor attacks. America started its Pacific Campaign against the Imperial Japanese Army. After three years, America joined with fellow allied nations and invaded Nazi- Occupied France codename Operation Overlord. This was the biggest amphibious invasion ever recorded. From Pearl Harbor to the fall of Berlin in the spring of 1945, the American bomber plane helped defeat the Nazi regime, end the war in the Pacific, and revolutionize modern warfare.
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Among the many innovations of World War I, the machine gun was an addition. Depending upon the specific weapon system, machine guns were capable of firing more than six hundred bullets within one minute. Because of machine gun fire, Armies of the War’s participants sustained countless casualties and were forced to alter the way they fought. Prior to this alteration in strategy machine guns easily mowed down hundreds of enemies with one wave. Single shot rifles could not match the use of a machine gun placed in the right position. Strategists soon learned that machine guns could perform as well as sixty rifles, and when they were coupled together on the firing line they produced a decent defense. Aside from its mass casualty producing capability, the machine gun was also an asset because it was relatively small and tough for the opposing force to destroy.
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One weapon or machine was created, and an even better one was made. New developments such as machine guns, poison gas, tanks, and new strategies to thwart trench warfare affected how WWI was fought and it came with catastrophic results. Poison gas is perhaps the most feared weapon out of all. Created to overcome the long stalemate style of trench warfare, its purpose was to draw out soldiers hiding in the trenches. One side would throw the poison gas into the enemy trenches and they would either wait for their enemy to come out into open fire or perish in the trenches.
In the war between countries, technology has played a huge part in the outcome; this is especially evident during the time of World War II. Technology in warfare consisted of weapons, vehicles, aircrafts, and chemical reactants. Technology during World War I was lacking and countries knew when World War II began that in order for them to be victorious they must have the most technologically advanced weapons and other devices or systems that would benefit the nation. The Allies were victorious in WW2 because they made better use of the available technologies than the Germans, advancing in communication/detection systems such as sonar and the radio, as well as, weapons including the atomic bomb, and bomber aircrafts.
...fensive. The tanks were successful in that they achieved the goal of intimidating the German soldiers, making them feel helpless and as if large monsters were coming at them. (Winter). The early tanks used at the Somme offensive were unreliable, with very few actually making it to the German trenches. In addition to the unreliability, when the weather turned to rain the entire battleground became a large quagmire, meaning tanks were unable to move efficiently across the battlefield, resulting in an increased stalemate.
The U. S. Soldiers used the M-79 40mm, also known as the thumper, which looked like a sawed shotgun. It could fire up to 300 meters and fire a 6.5 pound grenade. The M-72 is a BBMM light anti-tank weapon that weighs 5.2 pounds. It was also used as a bunker buster and fired a 1 kg rocket that could travel 300 meters. (173dairborne)”
While affronting their enemies, the United States didn’t have any combat unit. They also have more horses that the tanks. However, “it took almost no time to re-tool the economy for wartime production” (learner.org). Some industrialists like Henry Ford invested all their energy to the fabrication of all kinds of war tools. He built any kind of instrument for mobile welfare. In addition, Kaiser build Liberty Ships to carry numerous military cargo in the war. By their consecration to the fabrication of war armament, America became the third-rate military power in 1940 and by 1945 produce more weapons and firepower than the rest of the world.
World War I, which from now on may be seen as WWI, may seem like a dirty war full of death and hardship, which it was, but it also was a time of great improvements in technology, technology, which eventually gave way to the massive improvements during World War II, which may now be seen as WWII. WWI saw innovations such as the tank, the flamethrower, poison gas, and a little known thing known as an interrupter gear just to name a few. Tanks were a great innovation that forever have changed the world we have today. At the beginning, men were only in the trenches, and anytime anyone wanted to gain any little amount of ground, they would get destroyed by a flurry of rifle ...