New Weapons Used During WWI Mrs. Ha Chapter 11 Trench Warfare
New Types of Weapons Poison Gas: 1915 Germans: First to use Allies later used
Soldiers & Dogs: Gas Masks
Dogs & Horses: Gas Masks
Mustard Gas: hands
Mustard Gas: victim
Mustard Gas Burn out lungs Blind your eyes Suppose to end war fast Increased misery of soldiers
Airplane First for scouting Later combat “Dog fights” Individual pilot fights
World War I Planes
Other New Weapons Flamethrower Shoot fire Long distance
Machine Guns Patent: Hiram Maxim Fire: rounds per minute Had to be water cooled Long belt of bullets
MACHINE GUN
Barbed Wire Wire with hooks Slowed progress
Submarines German “U-boats” Convoy System was used to combat it
Tanks First: Great Britain “Little Willie” Weight: 4 tons Speed: 3 MPH Capacity: 3 men Bullets easily bounced off of them Ran over barbed wire
Inside “Little Willie”