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     Caused blistering of skin and lungs Military weapons during World War 1 included rifles, machine guns, artillery guns, flamethrowers, tanks, airplanes, zeppelins, battleships, submarines, and chemical weapons. Infantry used rifles like the British Lee-Enfield and Canadian Ross Rifle, machine guns fired hundreds of rounds per minute but required mounting and crews, and large field guns launched heavy shells over long distances. Tanks and airplanes were new technologies that saw increasing use, while submarines like German U-boats attacked Allied ships and zeppelins conducted aerial reconnaissance and bombings. Chemical weapons such as chlorine and mustard gas caused severe injuries through in

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     Caused blistering of skin and lungs Military weapons during World War 1 included rifles, machine guns, artillery guns, flamethrowers, tanks, airplanes, zeppelins, battleships, submarines, and chemical weapons. Infantry used rifles like the British Lee-Enfield and Canadian Ross Rifle, machine guns fired hundreds of rounds per minute but required mounting and crews, and large field guns launched heavy shells over long distances. Tanks and airplanes were new technologies that saw increasing use, while submarines like German U-boats attacked Allied ships and zeppelins conducted aerial reconnaissance and bombings. Chemical weapons such as chlorine and mustard gas caused severe injuries through in

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     Caused blistering of skin and lungs Military weapons during World War 1 included rifles, machine guns, artillery guns, flamethrowers, tanks, airplanes, zeppelins, battleships, submarines, and chemical weapons. Infantry used rifles like the British Lee-Enfield and Canadian Ross Rifle, machine guns fired hundreds of rounds per minute but required mounting and crews, and large field guns launched heavy shells over long distances. Tanks and airplanes were new technologies that saw increasing use, while submarines like German U-boats attacked Allied ships and zeppelins conducted aerial reconnaissance and bombings. Chemical weapons such as chlorine and mustard gas caused severe injuries through in

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    Military Weapons of World War I

    Infantry Weapons

    Ross Rifle (Canadian)

    Favoured by Sam Hughes (Minister of Militia) Considered to be most accurate In rain and mud it jammed

    Lee-Enfield Rifle (British)

    Replaced Ross Rifle Accurate within 1400 meters

    Machine Gun fired up to 400 rounds a minute needed to be mounted on a flat surface required 4 to 5 men to operate just one

    Large Caliber Field Gun

    Launched large shells in to opposing trenches Needed 12 men to operate

    Big Bertha could fire 120 km away!

    Flame Thrower

    a fuel container filled with oil, shoots out a flame into the air Consumed a lot of fuel Attached to tanks

    Tanks

    First used by British at battle of Somme Caterpillar tracks to go over difficult terrain Didnt work well in mud (got stuck) Could fit 10 men at 4mph (Fiat Tipo)

    Air

    Used for reconnaissance and eventual combat in the skies (dogfights) Eventually machine guns were attached 5 planes shot down = ace Royal Flying Corps

    Billy Bishop Canadian flying ace Destroyed 72 enemy planes

    Manfred von Richtoffen (German) Red Baron 80 confirmed victories

    Zeppelin German for reconnaissance and dropping bombs easy targets for artillery

    Sea
    Dreadnoughts equipped with machine guns, torpedoes, canons

    Convoy system
    Battleships accompany a number of cargo ships leaving ports

    U-Boats (Unterseeboot)

    Underwater submarines Used torpedoes to attack British Dreadnoughts Used also for reconnaissance Sunk Lusitania, pushing US into war

    Chemical & Biological Weapons


    Chlorine gas

    Green in colour First used by Germans at Ypres development of gas masks


    Odourless caused internal and external bleeding

    Mustard Gas

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