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An M3 tank under construction. The M4 Sherman became the standard American military tank in World War II. [1] Due to lack of development before the war leading to inexperience in tank design, the first large scale production of a medium tank was the M3 Lee, built for the US and the British, a compromise design with the main weapon mounted in the hull.
Military weapons technology experienced rapid advances during World War II, and over six years there was a disorientating rate of change in combat in everything from aircraft to small arms. Indeed, the war began with most armies utilizing technology that had changed little from that of World War I , and in some cases, had remained unchanged ...
Cooperation between British intelligence agencies and the United States Intelligence Community in the post-war period became the cornerstone of Western intelligence gathering and the "Special Relationship" between the United Kingdom and the United States. [19] Many military inventions during the war found civilian uses.
After World War II (and to some extent before), the influx of new industrial and military funding opportunities for the physical sciences prompted philanthropies to divest from physics research—most early work in high-energy physics and biophysics had been the product of foundation grants—and refocus on biological and medical research.
Nuclear technology: 1940s United States. United Kingdom Canada (Manhattan Project) Nuclear weapons: Nuclear medicine, nuclear power: Jet engine: 1940s Nazi Germany (Hans von Ohain) United Kingdom (Frank Whittle) Jet fighters, jet bombers: Airliners: Digital photography: 1960s United States. Soviet Union
During World War II, efforts were started to develop surface-to-air missiles as it was generally considered that flak was of little use against bombers of ever-increasing performance. The lethal radius of a flak shell is fairly small, and the chance of delivering a "hit" is essentially a fixed percentage per round.
Britain made significant scientific advances in military technology, weapons and their components before World War II began in September 1939. [2] [3] [4] After the Fall of France in June 1940, which saw Germany overrun most of the countries of Western Europe, Germany's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, Operation Sea Lion, was preceded by its effort to establish air superiority in the ...
World War II electronics (4 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Science and technology during World War II" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.