美国莱特兄弟于1903年发明飞机后不久,爆发了第一次世界大战。那时,飞机尚处于“幼年”时期,制造工艺简陋,性能极差,其上未装武器装备,但由于战争的需要,也被交战国匆忙地投入了使用。交战双方的飞机在空中相遇,飞行员用投砖头、石块和手榴弹来攻击对方,继而使用步枪和手枪对射。 1918年,美国人伊萨·牛顿·路易斯首先将步兵用的机枪搬上飞机,出现了专用的路易斯机枪,从而使飞机成为一种空战武器。这在航空史与武器史上均具有重要的意 Shortly after the American Wright brothers invented the plane in 1903, the First World War broke out. At that time, the aircraft was still in its infancy. The manufacturing process was poor and its performance was poor. Weapons and equipment were not installed on it. However, due to the needs of the war, the belligerent had been rushed into use. The belligerent aircraft met in the air and the pilots attacked each other with bricks, stones and grenades, and then used rifles and pistols to shoot. In 1918, the American Isa Newton Louis first carried the machine gun used by the infantry on the plane and a special Luis machine gun appeared, thus making the plane an air combat weapon. This has important implications both in the history of aviation and in the history of weapons