Weapon pictures and Information

The WWl weapons we will be introducing are Machine guns, Howitzers, tanks, Poison gas, Airplanes, and Trench Mortars.

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Machine Guns

The model of machine gun that was used in WW1 was invited in 1884 by Hiram Maxim. The 1914 machine gun, usually positioned on a flat tripod, would require a gun crew of four to six operators. In theory they could fire 400-600 small-calibre rounds per minute, a figure that was to more than double by the war's end, with rounds fed via a fabric belt or a metal strip.

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Howitzers

At the beginning of the First World War the main support weapon for the British Army was a long-barrelled field gun. However, it soon became clear there was a great demand for howitzers to be used under cover or against. These fired heavy shells on a high trajectory through a short barrel and were the best type of artillery gun to employ against trenches.

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Tanks

Tanks were first used in 15 September 1916 by the British, after 1914 when a British army colonel named Ernest Swinton and William Hankey, secretary of the Committee for Imperial Defence Tanks came up with the idea.

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Trench mortars

The mortar was first introduced in 1915 by Sir Wilfred Stokes KBE that was issued to the British and U.S. armies. The 3 inch weapon was used to fire into trenches. This was useful to end trench warfare, but you could hear the launch.

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Flamethrowers

Flamethrowers were made in 1901 and was invented by Richard Fielder. it was used to flush soldiers out the trenches to out in the open. The Germans used flamethrowers in more than 300 battles.

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Vehicles

Some of WWI's weapons were vehicles! Such as tanks, airplanes, zeppelins, and submarines!

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Grenades

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Poison Gas

Germans first used poison gas in April 22, 1915 to distract soldiers! Poison gas was effective and not effective, if you set one off and the wind blew your direction you would basically attack yourself.