You were not being "arsed", your point was a lot closer to true than the guy who thought the machinegun was an "innovation that has gifted the world".I can't be arsed at this point.
I've thought of parachutes, but it seems more like a civilian development that was quickly adopted by the military than vice versa.
Field Rations (Combat Rations).
Used to feed soldiers on the move, now used in a variety of ways for anyone who may not be near a kitchen for a while.
I would really like to know who first invented them!
Well, i tried to think out of the box and came up with some "unconventional" inventions :shock:
paved roads, road networks - romans created first advanced road networks to help military logistics
GDP - WW2, needed to estimate industrial capacity and countries abilities to prouce weapons
democracy - in ancient greece hoplite formations were able to beat cavalry, so upper class nobles could not rule middle class anymore --> prequisite for development of democracy
WW2, public became aware of drugs like pervitine, amfetamine and
opiates... :/
Horse domestication and horseback riding, 4500 - 2000 BC - for waging war and transportation.
combined fork and spoon, Spork!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Luha.jpg
Gunpowder, invented by some Chinese scientists looking for a way to make gold. What they didn't realize that they've created a whole new field of warfare that changed history forever.
The aircraft carrier was invented between WW-1 and WW-2. As part of an arms limitation conference (the Washington Conference) between the major naval powers, all battleships and battle-cruisers under construction were to be converted to a ship that was considered 'defensive'!Aircraft carriers 4.5 acres of sovereign United States that can be placed withing striking or aid distance of anywhere in the world
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