History of military technology
77 inventos por año: de qué evolucionó cada uno y a qué llevó.
Cómo se conectan los inventos
- Lanza → Lanza de fuego → Cañón de mano → Mosquete → Rifle → Fusil de asalto
- Carro blindado → Tanque → Transporte blindado de personal → Vehículo de combate de infantería
- Mecha de serpentín → Llave de rueda → Llave de chispa → Cápsula fulminante
- Cota de malla → Armadura de placas → Blindaje
| Año | Invento | Qué es | Evolucionó de | Llevó a |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400000 a. C. | Lanza | A shaft with a sharp point. | Arpón, Lanza de fuego | |
| 70000 a. C. | Arco y flecha | A projectile weapon: an elastic bow stores the energy of the draw. | Ballesta, Dardos | |
| 30000 a. C. | Propulsor (atlatl) | A lever that extends the arm when throwing a spear. | ||
| 21000 a. C. | Boomerang | A curved throwing weapon; the returning kind owes its flight to aerodynamics. | ||
| 10000 a. C. | Honda | A projectile weapon on a strap. | ||
| 3000 a. C. | Escudo | A hand-held means of protection. | ||
| 2500 a. C. | Casco | Head protection. | ||
| 1700 a. C. | Espada | A bladed weapon. | ||
| 900 a. C. | Ariete | A log for breaking down gates. | ||
| 900 a. C. | Torre de asedio | A tower on wheels for storming walls. | ||
| 500 a. C. | Gatillo | A lever mechanism that releases stored energy. | ||
| 500 a. C. | Ballesta | A bow on a stock with a trigger mechanism. | Arco y flecha | |
| 400 a. C. | Catapulta | A throwing machine that stores energy in elastic parts. | Trebuchet | |
| 300 a. C. | Cota de malla | Armour made of interlinked rings. | Armadura de placas | |
| 400 | Trebuchet | A counterweight throwing machine. | Catapulta | |
| 672 | Fuego griego Callinicus of Heliopolis | The incendiary mixture of the Byzantine fleet. | ||
| 950 | Lanza de fuego | A tube of gunpowder on a spear — the ancestor of firearms. | Lanza | Cañón de mano |
| 1000 | Granada | A hand-thrown explosive projectile. | ||
| 1277 | Mina terrestre | An explosive device. | ||
| 1288 | Cañón de mano | An early hand-held gunpowder gun. | Lanza de fuego | Cañón, Mosquete |
| 1326 | Cañón | A firearm artillery piece. | Cañón de mano | |
| 1400 | Armadura de placas | Armour made of steel plates. | Cota de malla | Blindaje |
| 1400 | Polvorín | Producing gunpowder. | ||
| 1411 | Mecha de serpentín | A lock that ignites the powder with a smouldering match. | Llave de rueda | |
| 1498 | Estriado | Helical grooves that spin the bullet. | ||
| 1500 | Llave de rueda | A lock that strikes a spark with a spinning wheel. | Mecha de serpentín | Llave de chispa |
| 1521 | Mosquete | A muzzle-loading gun. | Cañón de mano | Rifle |
| 1610 | Llave de chispa | Igniting the powder with a spark from a flint. | Llave de rueda | Cápsula fulminante |
| 1620 | Submarino | A vessel that can dive; the first was Drebbel’s. | Submarino nuclear | |
| 1650 | Bayoneta | A blade fixed to a barrel. | ||
| 1690 | Obús | A gun for high-angle fire. | Mortero (arma) | |
| 1812 | Cartucho Jean Samuel Pauly | Bullet, charge and primer in one case (Pauly, 1812; widespread from the mid-19th century). | ||
| 1820 | Cápsula fulminante | A small cap with a shock-sensitive compound. | Llave de chispa | |
| 1836 | Revólver | Colt’s cylinder gun. | ||
| 1841 | Rifle | A rifled gun with a bolt. | Mosquete | Fusil de asalto |
| 1841 | Cerrojo | The action of the Dreyse and Mosin rifles. | ||
| 1854 | Periscopio | A system of mirrors for observing from cover. | ||
| 1859 | Acorazado | An armoured steam warship (Gloire). | Portaaviones | |
| 1866 | Torpedo | A self-propelled underwater projectile (Whitehead). | ||
| 1884 | Ametralladora | Maxim’s automatic weapon. | ||
| 1885 | Accionamiento por gas | The energy of powder gases reloads the weapon. | ||
| 1891 | Fusil Mosin | The three-line rifle. | ||
| 1892 | Destructor | A fast warship. | ||
| 1897 | Mecanismo de retroceso | A hydro-pneumatic recoil brake (the French 75 mm gun). | ||
| 1902 | Carro blindado | A car with armour and weapons. | Automóvil | Tanque |
| 1904 | Mortero (arma) | A gun for high-angle fire (Gobyato). | Obús | |
| 1905 | Dragaminas | A ship for clearing mines. | ||
| 1914 | Cañón antiaéreo | A gun for firing at aircraft. | ||
| 1914 | Radio militar | Field radio communication. | ||
| 1915 | Máscara de gas | Respiratory protection with a charcoal filter (Zelinsky). | Respirador | |
| 1916 | Tanque | An armoured tracked combat vehicle; the first in battle was the British Mark I. | Tractor oruga Holt, Carro blindado | Transporte blindado de personal |
| 1916 | Blindaje | Steel or composite plates that protect the crew. | Armadura de placas | |
| 1916 | Cañón de tanque | A tank’s main gun in a rotating turret. | ||
| 1917 | Máquina de cifrado | Rotor machines (Hebern, Fialka). | ||
| 1918 | Máquina Enigma | A rotor cipher machine. | ||
| 1918 | Portaaviones | A ship that serves as an airfield. | Acorazado | |
| 1918 | Transporte blindado de personal | An armoured vehicle for infantry. | Tanque | Vehículo de combate de infantería |
| 1929 | Cámara térmica | An image in infrared light. | ||
| 1930 | Barra de torsión | Suspension in which a twisting bar is the spring; common on tanks. | ||
| 1939 | Visor nocturno | Amplifying faint light or thermal imaging. | ||
| 1941 | Jeep militar | A light four-wheel-drive vehicle (Willys MB, GAZ-67). | SUV | |
| 1941 | Lanzacohetes múltiple | The Katyusha BM-13. | ||
| 1942 | Vehículo anfibio | A floating car (DUKW). | Camión | |
| 1942 | Boya sonar | A dropped buoy with a hydrophone. | ||
| 1944 | Misil guiado | A missile with a guidance system. | Cohete | |
| 1944 | Caza a reacción | A combat aircraft with a turbojet (Me 262). | ||
| 1945 | Arma nuclear | A weapon based on a fission chain reaction or fusion. | ||
| 1947 | Fusil de asalto | Kalashnikov’s AK-47. | Rifle | |
| 1954 | Submarino nuclear | A submarine with a nuclear power plant (Nautilus). | Submarino | |
| 1956 | Buscador infrarrojo | Homing on the heat of a target. | ||
| 1957 | Misil balístico intercontinental | The R-7 was the first ICBM. | ||
| 1966 | Vehículo de combate de infantería | The BMP-1. | Transporte blindado de personal | |
| 1970 | Armadura corporal | Body protection made of aramid fabrics and plates. | ||
| 1970 | Blindaje compuesto | Multi-layer armour (Chobham). | ||
| 1977 | Tecnología furtiva | Reducing visibility to radar. | ||
| 1982 | Blindaje reactivo | Explosive blocks on armour. | ||
| 1995 | Dron militar | A combat or reconnaissance UAV. |