''Future Weapons'', sometimes also written as ''FutureWeapons'' and ''Futureweapons'', is a television series that premiered on April 19, 2006, on the
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience.
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.
Host
Richard "Mack" Machowicz, a former
Navy SEAL
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, reviewed and demonstrated the latest modern weaponry and military technology.
The program is currently broadcast on the
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel that is best known for its ongoing reality television shows and promotion of pseudoscience.
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and Military Channel (now
American Heroes Channel
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).
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Episode list
Season 1 (2006)
Season 2 (2007)
Season 3 (2007–2008)
See also
* ''
Weaponology'' is another similar show broadcast on the
Military Channel
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. Its first season focused on the history of weapons like the
sniper rifle
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,
submarines
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or
tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; ...
s. Its second season dealt with elite units like the
Navy SEALs
The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the United States Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the United States Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main funct ...
, the
SAS.
* ''
Deadliest Warrior'' is a similar program in which information on historical or modern warriors and their weapons are used to determine which of them is the "deadliest" based upon tests performed during each episode. As of Season 3, Mack is one of the show's hosts.
References
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2006 American television series debuts
2008 American television series endings
Discovery Channel original programming
Television shows about weaponry
American Heroes Channel original programming