Also going to be a bit pedantic here but it's Hiram Percy Maxim that invented the silencer (not Henry). And not the Hiram that invented the machine gun, his middle name was Stevens, but his son.

Doctrine/purpose yes but even funnier is that the name "Tank" literally comes from disguising it's development from German spies in WW1 as a literal water tank. Which means that using "tanky" to describe something tough is a pretty modern idea. That last sentence was my ADD running away on me sorry.

This post has made me realize that, with the rare exception (The Polar Express), I don't think I've seen a movie more than twice since I was like 8...

Not saying you're wrong, but to be fair the only 3 other nations that have the territory that would require an army large enough to logically spend 1/2 of what the US spends on our military are Russia, China, and India. And that's without any of nation being the world police like the US tries to be.

I wonder what would happen to those peoples minds if you told them that men also have estrogen too?