The Science of Military Vehicles
By Pamela Dell and Pete Delmar
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The Science of Military Vehicles - Pamela Dell
Contents
1: Military Vehicles
2: Getting around on the Ground
3: Navigating the Seas
4: Vehicles in the Air
5: The Wave of the Future
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images/img-4-1.jpgThe development of military vehicles started slowly. So slowly, in fact, that only one real military vehicle was found on battlefields for thousands of years—the horse-drawn chariot.
Sources vary as to where and when the chariot first appeared. But wherever it came from, its use spread rapidly. Warriors in Egypt, China, India, and other countries fought battles from chariots.
Chariots were the military vehicles of choice until about 1000 BC. Around that time people developed another technology—the saddle. Later came metal stirrups and spurs. These innovations made the horse the new form of military transportation.
No other wheeled vehicles appeared on the world’s battlefields for approximately another 1,600 years. It took the invention of cars and the gasoline-fueled combustion engine in the late 1800s to bring wheeled vehicles back into use. Horses were still widely used during World War I (1914–1918). But trucks, tanks, and even motorcycles were on the roll as well.
In the Sea and the Air
Early ships were used mainly to transport troops and weapons from one place to another. It wasn’t until someone came up with the idea of building weapons into the ships that the technology of naval vessels began to advance. Huge man-of-war ships, developed in England, first sailed the seas in the 1500s. These intimidating warships were fully loaded with guns and ammunition. Another major advancement for ships was James Watt’s development of a reliable steam-powered engine in the late 1700s. In modern times, progress in metalwork led to steel-armored ships.
images/img-5-1.jpgThe skies were empty of fighting vehicles until the 1900s. The French developed hot-air balloons in 1783 and quickly began using them for military reconnaissance missions. But the idea of striking from the air was barely more than a dream until World War I. Then pilots began carrying firearms on