Military history is riddled with weapons systems failing to live up to the reality of the situation on the battlefield. This can be brought about by sudden, rapid advances in contemporary technologies ...

Combat exposes weapon flaws missed in testing like maintenance complexity and environmental stress that controlled trials cannot replicate. Many failed weapons were overdesigned or mismatched to ...

Weapons that survived multiple wars did so through continuous upgrades and proven battlefield reliability rather than replacement with newer systems. Many enduring platforms like the B-52 and M2 ...