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  • Cruise Missile

    How can a cruise missile accurately seek out enemies from 2,500km away? The reveal-all documentary series explains how engineers developed this devastating weapon.

  • Cruise Missile

    How can a cruise missile accurately seek out enemies from 2,500km away? The reveal-all documentary series explains how engineers developed this devastating weapon.

  • Tank

    Hear about the history and development of armoured fighting vehicles, from the first use of mobile protected firepower in World War I to the latest Abrams M1A2 battle tank.

  • Tank

    Hear about the history and development of armoured fighting vehicles, from the first use of mobile protected firepower in World War I to the latest Abrams M1A2 battle tank.

  • Machine Gun

    Learn about the history of rapid-fire weaponry favoured by both military and gangsters, from the WWI machine gun that could fell a tree to the modern GAU-8 Avenger.

  • Machine Gun

    Learn about the history of rapid-fire weaponry favoured by both military and gangsters, from the WWI machine gun that could fell a tree to the modern GAU-8 Avenger.

Episode guide

Machines of War

Series 1

Machines of War

  • Cruise Missile

    How can a cruise missile accurately seek out enemies from 2,500km away? The reveal-all documentary series explains how engineers developed this devastating weapon.

  • Machine Gun

    Learn about the history of rapid-fire weaponry favoured by both military and gangsters, from the WWI machine gun that could fell a tree to the modern GAU-8 Avenger.

  • Tank

    Hear about the history and development of armoured fighting vehicles, from the first use of mobile protected firepower in World War I to the latest Abrams M1A2 battle tank.