The Most Feared Weapons in the History of Mankind

From the flaming fury of Greek Fire to the to the deadly efficiency of the Maxim Machine Gun. Join us as we uncover 15 terrifying weapons of war that left soldiers trembling and empires in ruins.

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[TheInfographicsShow]

Did you know ancient Chinese alchemists, in their quest for immortality, accidentally invented gunpowder! So their "live forever" potion turned into one of history’s most efficient way to end lives! How’s that for an ironic plot twist?

[thatkidingym]

This just tells me
1.Humans are good at inventing weapons to destroy one another.
2.there is not technology without war, and no war without technology.

[atomicgaming-eso]

Id either say greek fire or the first repeating firearms. Imagine going into war with a musket that takes 30sec to reload, and you see hundreds of men firing non stop at you....

[Schander]

No crossbow? It was even banned once upon a time. No bombard? No tanks? No frag mines? No cruise missiles?

[europevinesbpg]

Love from - 💛❤ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ - ಭಾರತ (karnataka - india 🇮🇳)

[Christophercascino-kr]

In my opinion the craziest weapon of all time is The bunker buster

[domhasinterests]

this version of videos without the loud background music is so much better

[savagepro]

The Most Feared Weapon in the History of Mankind ---->>> The Human Mind!

[greenpegatrix]

How did nuclear weapons not even get an honorable mention?

[batboylives]

Army calls it B-2, congress calls it 2B

[tobig]

I witnessed the Peak of infographics 3 weeks ago

[GeraldWalls]

You left out Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) or the subs that carry them.

[charlescurry]

I'm a little surprised that you would list poison gas and the maxim machine gun but omit the world's first tank as a terrifying weapon

[Someone_wrf]

The most powerful weapon is by far the simple human brain and most complex too at that!

[Eagle]

The first use of a machine gun was the Gatlin Gun used in the Civil War.

[mikeblake]

The greatest weapon humans ever invented were engineers and giving them spare time

[sumonbanerjee]

Gladius hispaniensis is the oldest form of Gladius in history. Julius Caesar's Crocea Mors is one such example. As a short sword it was less effective than its greek counterpart, Xiphos in a duel. But, as you said, teamwork, formation and sync, helped make gladius, scutums and pilums a bristling mean wall of defence and offence.

[TXAS]

What about the tsar bomba? That thing could level a city

[Ukrainadian]

The Billhook; gives the common, untrained man a long reach and easy way to unhorse an armoured knight. Once the heaviest are on their backs, they are basically dead.

The Crossbow; same aspect of enhancing the deadliness of your common soldier and the Chinese had automatic versions but with less stopping power.

[JonatanAune]

I think that the German Tiger and the nuclear bomb most be in this list 😢😅