EG, in world war 1, trench warfare was born out of the weapons available at the time. Is this more likely, or is technology built more out of necessity given the type of strategy and tactics needed at the time?
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Do military tactics change more with the available technology, or vice versa?
WW1 saw a huge loss of life because the tactics were too far behind the technology. bombard then charge against machine guns? Same thing in the civil war. the muskets and cannon at the time exceeded the napoleonic tactics used.
Do military tactics change more with the available technology, or vice versa?
Technology will dictate advances in military tactics. Though in general most technology advances are spurred on by the promise of military contracts and the rewards of that technology.
Both, as tech advances so do tactics with that technology and on the other side - through warfare technology will change to accomodate tactics which are needed to win.
Technology is developed to fit someone's concept of new tactics and strategies. This forces changes on the part of the other side.
So both are driven by military strategists.
a very good question. The more advanced the technology the less advanced the strategy. Here's an example, you can play a chess game without advanced 'technology' and it requires alot of strategy to win, however if you have bombs, you don't need a strategy. Game Over
It used to require alot more strategy (intelligence, experience, intelligent maneuvers, knowledge of the territory and the enemy and it used to include the art of negotiation, even linguistics) to take over a city while today, with our technology we can firebomb a city into a graveyard within a week, that doesn't require any strategy. They've even started training soldiers using video games.
sidenote: Personally, I believe that not having to see who you are killing inspires a gross disregard for human life, and we see that all over the news.
Strategy is not altered ;just revised;tactics adapts to the means available at the moment;technology makes tactics to adapt to modern means...
