Which technology was most effective during WW1
Which technology was most effective during WW1
Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths.
This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun's barrel did not overheat, the weapon was cooled using a large water cooling jacket. An ammunition belt fed it bullets. This machine gun could shoot 450 rounds a minute. This was a lot less than the Germans who were much surer as to the effectiveness of the machine gun. The Germans placed their machine guns slightly in front of their lines to ensure than the machine gun crews were given a full view of the battlefield. The machine gun was an effective weapon because it was invented at the beginning of the war and did what it was supposed to do; furthermore it was the best weapon in the war because it killed so many soldiers. The first Tanks were used in WW1 by the British in 1916. They were developed from the early farm vehicles that used caterpillar tracks to traverse difficult terrain. The trenches of WW1 made this adaptation ideal but it was a while before they were refined enough to be effective. The first tank was called “Little Willie. The first time the tank was in a battle the Germans were terrified because they have never seen a machine like it before, but when in got stuck in the mud the Germans joked and laughed about it. When the British got the tank right and it work fine it was a very effective because it help the trench warfare and the Germans couldn’t match the British, so there tank were much less effective. This was great new technology but it was invent much later into the war, so it was not used that much in the First World War. The use of horses in World
Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths.
This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun's barrel did not overheat, the weapon was cooled using a large water cooling jacket. An ammunition belt fed it bullets. This machine gun could shoot 450 rounds a minute. This was a lot less than the Germans who were much surer as to the effectiveness of the machine gun. The Germans placed their machine guns slightly in front of their lines to ensure than the machine gun crews were given a full view of the battlefield. The machine gun was an effective weapon because it was invented at the beginning of the war and did what it was supposed to do; furthermore it was the best weapon in the war because it killed so many soldiers. The first Tanks were used in WW1 by the British in 1916. They were developed from the early farm vehicles that used caterpillar tracks to traverse difficult terrain. The trenches of WW1 made this adaptation ideal but it was a while before they were refined enough to be effective. The first tank was called “Little Willie. The first time the tank was in a battle the Germans were terrified because they have never seen a machine like it before, but when in got stuck in the mud the Germans joked and laughed about it. When the British got the tank right and it work fine it was a very effective because it help the trench warfare and the Germans couldn’t match the British, so there tank were much less effective. This was great new technology but it was invent much later into the war, so it was not used that much in the First World War. The use of horses in World