Machines of World War 1
Countless advancements, countless casualties
Following the industrial revolution, warfare tech has reached a new peak. Ships, guns, airplanes and tanks were revolutionized militarily, and had armaments not possible in previous decades.
Development of this technology created machines unthinkable by previous generations, and had a deadly amount of potential on the battlefield.
"Weapons of World War I." Online Media. Academic World Book. World Book, 2016. Web. 16 Mar. 2016.
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First Battle Tank
Mustard gas
First chemical used for warfare
First Bomber Plane
Bombs dropped airily for the first time
"Germans were the first to use flamethrowers in WWI. Their flamethrowers could fire jets of flame as far as 130 feet (40 m).c"
"The Germans’ most formidable naval weapon was the U-boat, a submarine far more sophisticated than those built by other nations at the time. The typical U-boat was 214 feet long, carried 35 men and 12 torpedoes, and could travel underwater for two hours at a time. In the first few years of World War I, the U-boats took a terrible toll on Allied shipping."
WW1 - Weapons and Technology