war machines
Engines of combat
War machines are vehicles or devices designed for combat—tanks, siege engines, artillery, warships.
The term emphasizes mechanical power and destructive capacity over human soldiers.
It extends metaphorically to describe ruthlessly efficient organizations: The team's offense is a war machine.
In science fiction and gaming, war machines often refers to giant robots or autonomous weapons.
- catapultSiege engine for launching
- trebuchetCounterweight-powered projectile launcher
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- ballistaAncient projectile siege engine
- onagerAsiatic wild ass
destroyer · scorpion · submarine · mangonel · siege engine · cannon · armored vehicle · tank · siegecraft · technical · torsion · rolling thunder · military technology · arms race · military industrial complex · war horse · missile · firepower
- Alien Invasionflying saucers, death rays, tripods, ray guns, heat ray
- ArchimedesArchimedes screw, eureka, eureka moment, buoyancy, hydrostatics
- defense industrydefense contractors, defense spending, defense production, defense budget, defense technology
- Leonardo da VinciMona Lisa, Last Supper, Vitruvian Man, Annunciation, notebooks
- Roman siegessiege engines, siege tactics, Marcellus, Archimedes, city walls
- ancient weaponssword, swords, shield, shields, bow
war machinespeace treaties
Formal agreements ending wars
peace negotiations · diplomatic channels · olive branches · peace talks · peace accords
war machineslife support systems
Equipment maintaining vital functions
medical equipment · humanitarian aid · construction equipment · farming equipment · agricultural machinery
war machinespeace symbols
Emblems representing harmony
white flags · doves · plowshares · peacekeeping forces · humanitarian organizations
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