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Used to bombard enemy trenches before attack
Mobile guns – could be wheeled easily from location to location
Many suffered from “shell-shock” from hours of continuous shelling
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Rapid fire (400-500 bullets per minute)Allowed for massive losses for advancing troopsTrenches were built to avoid machine gunsTanks would soon limit the machine gun
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Canada was equipped with this gunOriginally a sportsman gunFrequently jammed in the trenchesSoldiers would throw it away when they could
get their hands on a British gun
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Sturdy, rarely jammed, and reliableAt 1st Sam Hughes (Canada’s Minister of
Militia) threatened court martial if a soldier lost their Ross Rifle
After mass complaints Ross Rifle is switched with the Lee Enfield
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Detonated 2 ways: on impact or a timed fuseImportant in the war due to trenchesLobbed into the enemy’s trench
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Considered an inhumane form of warfare
Tear Gas – made enemies eye tear up
Chlorine Gas – made it difficult to breath
Mustard Gas – caused the skin to blister
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Had the ability to cut through barbed wireHad trouble moving through mud and
trenchesOften broke downImproved greatly by
the end of the war
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A short tube which fired a shell directly on the enemy
Landed in the trenchEasy to carry, pick up, and move (and hide)
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First used to find the enemy (surveillance)
Later used to attack enemy lines
Engineers develop an interrupter system to block gun from firing into propeller
Many began to use top-mounted gun
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Inflatable airships used for scouting and bombing
Often used at Sea to sink enemy ships Germany had the Zeppelin – built extremely
wellBritain used smaller ones
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US and Britain responsible for much research into the building of subs
Germany would utilize the sub the mostCalled U-Boats Used torpedoes Responsible
for mass sinking of Allied ships
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Identify the weapon you think might have the biggest impact on WWI. Explain why.