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
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
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
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
Detonated 2 ways: on impact or a timed fuseImportant in the war due to trenchesLobbed into the enemy’s trench
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
Had the ability to cut through barbed wireHad trouble moving through mud and
trenchesOften broke downImproved greatly by
the end of the war
A short tube which fired a shell directly on the enemy
Landed in the trenchEasy to carry, pick up, and move (and hide)
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
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
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
Identify the weapon you think might have the biggest impact on WWI. Explain why.
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