WEAPONS OF WWI
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WEAPONS OF WWI German Mauser British Lee-Enfield French Lebel U.S. Springfield Austro-Hungarian Steyr-Mannlicher
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British Lee-Enfield. German Mauser. French Lebel. WEAPONS OF WWI. U.S. Springfield. Austro-Hungarian Steyr-Mannlicher. Belt-fed machine guns- Could fire over 1,000 cartridges per minute. When the enemy would charge they would be cut down by hundreds of bullets. A main reason for trenches!. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WEAPONS OF WWI
German Mauser British Lee-EnfieldFrench Lebel
U.S. Springfield Austro-Hungarian Steyr-Mannlicher
Belt-fed machine guns- Could fire over 1,000 cartridges per minute. When the enemy would charge they would be cut down by hundreds of bullets. A main reason for trenches!
Flamethrowers- Fired a stream of gas that was ignited at the muzzle, then sprayed on the enemy to kill or disable them.
First used by Germans for “shock value”
Mortars- Used to lob large shells straight into the air so they would fall into an enemy trench
Tanks- Invented by British in 1916 as armored platform. Wanted to attack enemy trenches and break the trench lines
while being protected
Poison Gas- First used by Germans. Chlorine & Mustard Gas, designed to incapacitate more than kill so trenches could be
taken with little resistance
Airplanes- Originally for observation, but came to be armed with machine guns and bombs. “Dogfights” toward the end of
the war where planes would fight in the air.
