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Military engineering, the art and practice of designing and building military works and of building and maintaining lines of military transport and communications. Military engineering is the oldest of the engineering skills and was the precursor of the profession of civil engineering.
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inertial guidance system
inertial guidance system, electronic system that continuously monitors the position, velocity, and acceleration......
intermediate-range nuclear weapons
intermediate-range nuclear weapons, Class of nuclear weapons with a range of 620–3,400 mi (1,000–5,500 km). Some......
Knudsen, William S
William S. Knudsen was a Danish-born American industrialist, an effective coordinator of automobile mass production......
Kościuszko, Tadeusz
Tadeusz Kościuszko was a Polish army officer and statesman who gained fame both for his role in the American Revolution......
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Alfried
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was a German industrialist, the last member of the Krupp dynasty of munitions......
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Gustav
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was a German diplomat who married the heiress of the Krupp family of industrialists,......
Krupp, Alfred
Alfred Krupp was a German industrialist noted for his development and worldwide sale of cast-steel cannon and other......
lance
lance, spear used by cavalry for mounted combat. It usually consisted of a long wooden shaft with a sharp metal......
Lance missile
Lance missile, U.S.-made mobile short-range ballistic missile, capable of carrying either a conventional or a nuclear......
land mine
land mine, stationary explosive charge used against military troops or vehicles. See mine. (Read Nobelist Jody......
Lee-Enfield rifle
Lee-Enfield rifle, rifle adopted by the British army as its basic infantry weapon in 1902. The short, magazine-loaded......
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose skill and intelligence,......
Leonardo da Vinci’s parachute
Leonardo da Vinci discussed the parachute in a notebook entry now contained in the Codex Atlanticus. Although it......
lewisite
lewisite, in chemical warfare, poison blister gas developed by the United States for use during World War I. Chemically,......
longbow
longbow, bow commonly 6 feet (1.8 metres) tall and the predominant missile weapon of the English in the Hundred......
Luger pistol
Luger pistol, semiautomatic German hand weapon first manufactured in 1900 for both military and commercial use.......
M16 rifle
M16 rifle, assault rifle developed as the AR-15 by American engineer Eugene Stoner of ArmaLite Inc. in the late......
machine gun
machine gun, automatic weapon of small calibre that is capable of sustained rapid fire. Most machine guns are belt-fed......
MAG machine gun
MAG machine gun, general-purpose machine gun used primarily as a tank- or vehicle-mounted weapon, although it is......
matchlock
matchlock, in firearms, a device for igniting gunpowder developed in the 15th century, a major advance in the manufacture......
Maurice
Maurice was the hereditary stadtholder (1585–1625) of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, or Dutch Republic,......
Mauser rifle
Mauser rifle, any of a family of bolt-action rifles designed by Peter Paul Mauser (1838–1914), a German who had......
Maxim machine gun
Maxim machine gun, first fully automatic machine gun (q.v.), developed by engineer and inventor Hiram Maxim in......
Meigs, Montgomery C
Montgomery C. Meigs was a U.S. engineer and architect, who, as quartermaster general of the Union Army during the......
MG42
MG42, German general-purpose machine gun, used as a standard weapon by many armies around the world. The MG42 was......
military communication
military communication, the transmission of information from reconnaissance and other units in contact with the......
military engineering
military engineering, the art and practice of designing and building military works and of building and maintaining......
mine
mine, in military and naval operations, a usually stationary explosive device that is designed to destroy personnel,......
Minuteman missile
Minuteman missile, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that has been the mainstay of the land-based nuclear......
MIRV
MIRV, any of several nuclear warheads carried on the front end, or “bus,” of a ballistic missile. Each MIRV allows......
missile
missile, a rocket-propelled weapon designed to deliver an explosive warhead with great accuracy at high speed.......
Molotov cocktail
Molotov cocktail, a crude bomb, typically consisting of a bottle filled with a flammable liquid and a wick that......
Montalembert, Marc-René, Marquis de
Marc-René, marquis de Montalembert was a French general and military engineer who replaced the complex star-shaped......
Morgan, John Pierpont, Jr.
John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. was an American banker and financier, the head of the Morgan investment banking house......
mortar
mortar, portable, short-barreled, muzzle-loading artillery piece that fires explosive projectiles at low velocities,......
musket
musket, muzzle-loading shoulder firearm, evolved in 16th-century Spain as a larger version of the harquebus. It......
mustard gas
mustard gas, in chemical warfare, a liquid agent that blisters the skin and mucous membranes upon direct contact.......
napalm
napalm, the aluminum salt or soap of a mixture of naphthenic and aliphatic carboxylic acids (organic acids of which......
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier was a British field marshal who had a distinguished military and civil engineering......
Navarro, Pedro, conde de Olivetto
Pedro Navarro, count de Olivetto was a Spanish military engineer and general who fought for various countries and......
nerve gas
nerve gas, Weapon of chemical warfare that affects the transmission of nerve impulses through the nervous system.......
neutron bomb
neutron bomb, specialized type of nuclear weapon that would produce minimal blast and heat but would release large......
Nike missile
Nike missile, any of a series of U.S. surface-to-air missiles designed from the 1940s through the 1960s for defense......
Novichok
Novichok, group of organophosphate chemicals that act as nerve agents and were designed for use as weapons of chemical......
nuclear electromagnetic pulse
nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP), a time-varying electromagnetic radiation resulting from a nuclear explosion.......
onager
onager, in weaponry, ancient Roman torsion-powered weapon, similar to a catapult. It consisted of a single vertical......
Page, Robert Morris
Robert Morris Page was an American physicist known as the “father” of U.S. radar. Page changed his major from theology......
panzer
panzer, series of battle tanks fielded by the German army in the 1930s and ’40s. The six tanks in the series constituted......
Panzerfaust
Panzerfaust, shoulder-type German antitank weapon that was widely used in World War II. The first model, the Panzerfaust......
Panzerschreck
Panzerschreck, shoulder-type rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon by Germany in World War II. The Panzerschreck......
Paris Gun
Paris Gun, any of several long-range cannon produced by the German arms manufacturer Krupp in 1917–18 during World......
Peacekeeper missile
Peacekeeper missile, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that was part of the United States’ strategic nuclear......
percussion lock
percussion lock, in firearms, ignition system of small arms that utilizes an explosive that detonates when sharply......
pike
pike, medieval infantry weapon, a long spear with a heavy wooden shaft 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 metres) long, tipped......
pistol
pistol, small firearm designed for one-hand use. According to one theory, pistols owe their name to the city of......
Polaris missile
Polaris missile, first U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) and the mainstay of the British nuclear......
Poncelet, Jean-Victor
Jean-Victor Poncelet was a French mathematician and engineer who was one of the founders of modern projective geometry.......
Poseidon missile
Poseidon missile, U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile introduced in 1971 to replace the Polaris missile.......
proximity fuze
proximity fuze, an explosive ignition device used in bombs, artillery shells, and mines. The fuze senses when a......
R-7
R-7, Soviet/Russian missile and launch vehicle. Under the direction of the rocket pioneer Sergey Korolyov, the......
recoilless rifle
recoilless rifle, any of several antitank weapons developed during World War II. They are lightweight and can be......
Renard, Charles
Charles Renard was a French military engineer, chief builder of the first true dirigible; i.e., an airship that......
repeating rifle
repeating rifle, rifled shoulder arm typically designed with a spring-loaded tubular or box magazine holding metallic......
revolver
revolver, typically, a repeating pistol that utilizes a multichambered revolving cylinder behind one barrel. Some......
ricochet
ricochet, in gunnery, rebound of a projectile that strikes a hard surface, or the rebounding projectile itself.......
rifle
rifle, firearm with a rifled bore—i.e., having shallow spiral grooves cut inside the barrel to impart a spin to......
Robins, Benjamin
Benjamin Robins was a British mathematician and military engineer who laid the groundwork for modern ordnance (field-artillery)......
rocket and missile system
rocket and missile system, any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets......
sabre
sabre, heavy military sword with a long cutting edge and, often, a curved blade. Most commonly a cavalry weapon,......
sapper
sapper, military engineer. The name is derived from the French word sappe (“spadework,” or “trench”) and became......
sarin
sarin, synthetic organophosphate compound that is highly toxic to the nervous system. Exposure to sarin—which is......
Schneider, Eugène
Eugène Schneider was one of the great industrialists of the 19th century and a prominent figure in French politics.......
Schwarzlose machine gun
Schwarzlose machine gun, early Austrian water-cooled machine gun (q.v.) operating on the blowback principle. A......
semiautomatic pistol
semiautomatic pistol, handgun that utilizes either recoil or blowback to discharge the empty cartridge, reload,......
shell
shell, variously, an artillery projectile, a cartridge case, or a shotgun cartridge. The artillery shell was in......
Sherman tank
Sherman tank, main battle tank designed and built by the United States for the conduct of World War II. The M4......
Shimazu Nariakira
Shimazu Nariakira was a mid-19th century Japanese daimyo (lord) of the Satsuma han, or feudal fief. His adoption......
shotgun
shotgun, smoothbore shoulder weapon designed to fire a number of pellets, or shot, that spread in a diverging pattern......
shrapnel
shrapnel, originally a type of antipersonnel projectile named for its inventor, Henry Shrapnel (1761–1842), an......
sling
sling, implement for propelling missiles, one of the first missile weapons used in warfare. It consisted of a small......
small arm
small arm, any handheld firearm. Since the introduction of the flintlock musket in the 17th century, military small......
smart bomb
smart bomb, type of precision-guided munition. Like a regular bomb, a smart bomb falls to the target solely by......
spear
spear, a pole weapon with a sharp point, either thrown or thrust at an enemy or prey. It appears in an infinite......
spear-thrower
spear-thrower, a device for throwing a spear (or dart) usually consisting of a rod or board with a groove on the......
Spencer carbine
Spencer carbine, any of a family of rim-fire repeating arms—both carbines and rifles—that were widely used in the......
Springfield rifle
Springfield rifle, any of several rifles that were standard infantry weapons of the U.S. Army most of the time......
Sten gun
Sten gun, 9-millimetre submachine gun that became the standard such weapon in the British Commonwealth armed forces......
Stevin, Simon
Simon Stevin was a Flemish mathematician who helped standardize the use of decimal fractions and aided in refuting......
strategic missile
strategic missile, jet- or rocket-propelled weapon designed to strike targets far beyond the battle area. Strategic......
strategic weapons system
strategic weapons system, any weapons system designed to strike an enemy at the source of his military, economic,......
submachine gun
submachine gun, lightweight automatic small-arms weapon chambered for relatively low-energy pistol cartridges and......
submarine mine
submarine mine, underwater weapon designed to explode when a target presents itself. See...
surface-to-air missile
surface-to-air missile (SAM), radar or infrared guided missile fired from a ground position to intercept and destroy......
sword
sword, preeminent hand weapon through a long period of history. It consists of a metal blade varying in length,......
tactical nuclear weapons
tactical nuclear weapons, small nuclear warheads and delivery systems intended for use on the battlefield or for......
tactical weapons system
tactical weapons system, system integrating tactical weapons with electronic equipment for target acquisition,......
tank
tank, any heavily armed and armoured combat vehicle that moves on two endless metal chains called tracks. Tanks......

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