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Military technology a broad concept that deals with a range of systems which is distinctly not civilian in application. Military technology is the use and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects military capability of armed forces to control and adapt to combat environments using uniquely military concepts and methods. It is distinctly military in nature usually due to being either impractical in application, or dangerous in use without appropriate military training. It is common for the technology to have been developed specifically for use by armed forces by military scientists. These technologies include, in chronological order of appearance:

Combat armouring
Close order formation as a organisational technology
complex masting and sail systems found on warships during the Age of Sail
Gunnery
Rockets
Automatic firearms
Turrets in fortifications, armoured vehicles, and warships
Submarines
Mine warfare (land and naval)
Aircraft bombing (as opposed to thrown bombs)
Vehicle armouring (tanks and APCs)
Missile guidance
Logistic standardisation
GPS guidance in guidance weapons

Militaries use a significant number of technologies which were originally developed and designed for civilian use and consumption, and which are used by troops with sometimes minor or no modifications at all.