Adjustments In war

As we have seen in class the introduction of machine guns has greatly changed the face of warfare. Because the tactics of that time had not accounted for this new piece of technology, generals plans sent many men to their deaths without making any progress. This has lead me to beleive in many other cases in war a large change in technology had resulted in a great increase in the number of causualties. I did a small amount of research and found a few intances that changed the way war worked. The Invetion of the Composite bow in Egypt while coupled with the chariot allowed egypt to become a major power. In 1132 the Chinese had created a primitive gun powder based weapon called the fire lance. This spear with a hole to shoot out gun powder allowed chinese to fend off the Jurchens. Other intruduced objects of greater destruction are: Steel, spears, Cannons, and firebombing.