1. New Weapons to WWI Tank Submarine Airplane Machine Gun
Chemical Weapons – Mustard Gas

2. Tank not very useful Often stuck in deep mud
used as cover for advancing troops
mobile artillery, but not very quick

3. Submarine – U-Boat German advantage disrupted allied trade
Germans were sinking ships from North America because they were carrying supplies to troops
angered the U.S. – sinking passenger ship: Lusitania

4. Airplane Dogfights Dropping small artillery
Reconnaissance of enemy trenches

5. Machine Gun most deadly of all the weapons
Rapid fire could kill without having to aim
used to prevent the crossing of “no man’s land

6. Chemical Weapons – Mustard Gas
most worrisome of all the weapons

7. Chemical Weapons – Mustard Gas
Used to either wound or kill enemy troops
typical wounds
blindness
severe burns on skin
mental fatigue