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==== World War II and postwar ====
{{See also|Military technology during World War II}}
[[File:Victory Show Cosby UK 06-09-2015 WW2 re-enactment Trade stalls Militaria personal gear replicas reprod.originals zaphad1 Flickr CCBY2.0 Misc. machine guns weapons etc IMG 3874.jpg|thumb|upright|A variety of firearms from the World War II and postwar eras on a [[firearm rack]]]]
Many modern military weapons, particularly ground-based ones, are relatively minor improvements to weapon systems developed during World War II. World War II marked perhaps the most frantic period of weapon development in the history of humanity. Massive numbers of new designs and concepts were fielded, and all existing technologies were improved between 1939 and 1945. The most powerful weapon invented during this period was the [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear bomb]]; however, many other weapons influenced the world, such as [[jet aircraft]] and [[radar]], but were overshadowed by the visibility of nuclear weapons and long-range rockets.{{Citation needed paragraph|date=December 2021}}