Weapons Used In WW1
Elvia Benitez
Flamethrowers
Grenades
There were several shortcomings with the grenades:
Cast iron bodies which did not fragment well
Safety levers difficult to grasp firmly, tending to slip prematurely
- Insufficient safety features
Machine Guns
They fired a large amount of bullets in a short period of time. They were fairly large, heavy weapons, that were only moved to different positions between battles. They had a trigger similar to other guns but when it was pulled, the weapon continued firing one shot after another as long as the trigger was held back. The barrels could be aimed, moved or traversed left and right or up and down, so their firepower could be directed wherever it was needed on the battlefield.
Pistols
Poison Gas
Rifles
The rifle, a key weapon on the battlefield was generally issued to officers rather than regular soldiery.The rifle was the most crucial, ever-present infantry weapon throughout World War One.
Tanks
Tanks were used for the first time in the First World War. They were developed to cope with the conditions on the Western Front. The first tank was called ‘Little Willie’ and needed a crew of 3. Its maximum speed was 3mph and it could not cross trenches.
Trench Mortars
Airplanes
•They’re just used for observation and reconnaissance
•Enemy pilots started off smiling and waving when encountering each other, then they starting throwing things
•Naturally, they started putting machine guns on them, but that had problems
•Fights between two planes in the sky became known as 'dogfights'