Editing Weapon (section)

==== World War I ====
{{See also|Military technology during World War I}}[[File:Vickers machine gun in the Battle of Passchendaele - September 1917.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Vickers machine gun|Vickers]] was the successor to the [[Maxim gun]] and remained in British military service for 79 consecutive years.]]
An important feature of [[industrial age]] warfare was [[technological escalation]] – innovations were rapidly matched through replication or countered by another innovation.

[[World War I]] marked the entry of fully industrialized warfare as well as [[weapons of mass destruction]] (''e.g.'', [[chemical weapon|chemical]] and [[biological agent|biological weapons]]), and new weapons were developed quickly to meet wartime needs. The [[Technology during World War I|technological escalation during World War I]] was profound, including the wide introduction of [[aircraft]] into [[Technology during World War I|warfare]] and naval warfare with the introduction of [[aircraft carrier]]s. Above all, it promised the military commanders independence from horses and a resurgence in [[maneuver warfare]] through the extensive use of motor vehicles. The changes that these military technologies underwent were evolutionary but defined their development for the rest of the century.{{Citation needed paragraph|date=December 2021}}