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 During World War I many of the tanks use were very poor on gasoline. These machines were very useful during battles do to all the different things it can do. Some tanks contained many different cannons, guns, and ammunition. These killing machines sometimes would need a crew of about 5 to 7 people. The problem with the tanks that the soldiers of the war realized was that they would often end up stuck in trenches do to their slow speed of about 4 mph. As the war went on new models of the tank were being used. The tanks really helped the side they were supporting because the tanks gave the infantry more support and helped keep the infantry moving on the battlefield.



The machine gun used during World War 1 in 1914 was almost always positioned on a tripod with a crew from 4 to 6 people. This gun could fire 400-600 small calibre rounds per minter which actually doubled before wars end. Do to the rapid fire these guns would overheat which started the use of cooling mechanisms. The two ways to cool the gun down were water and air. Many people began to start improving or advancing the weapon. This is how the light machine gun was invented. This gun serving the same purpose as the original design was much lighter. Even though it was much lighter, it still could not be carried by traveling infantry. As the war went on machine guns started being put on tanks for attack as well as airplanes.

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One very much used weapon used during WWI was the flamethrower. This killing machine brought terror to the British and French during the war. The basic idea of this weapon was to spread burning fuel to opposing infantry. One of the first few times the flamethrower was used during the war in the first two days it killed 31 officers and 751 other ranks putting a large toll on the British. Do to the effectiveness of the flamethrower the Germans launched in excess of 650 flamethrower attacks.



Airplanes were a main part of the war from dropping bombs, spotting infantry, and taking out other enemy airplane pilots. During WWI there were many different airplanes that were developed throughout the war. One of these was the Halberstadt CL II which was an excellent two seater plane good for ground attack missions. One main focus for airplanes was to keep the home airspace is protected from enemy pilots. Another thing airplanes did was bomb enemies important areas such as factories, docking stations, and power plants. As you can see, Airplanes and all the things they did had a large affect on the war.



=One new part of warfare that first came to WWI were u-boats. U- boats were very useful for the destruction of enemy ships during the war. The ammunition used by these boats are torpedos, and many different powered machine guns.=

= Mustard gas was one of the most lethal gases used during the world war. The first ones to use it in the war were the Germans. This awful substance causes internal and external bleeding. The big problem with it was that no one could sense the smell because it is an odorless gas.=

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 * ​** **Barbed wire was used very much throughout the war. Barbed wire was used for many different things. For example, it was used as an obstical for enemy infantry to slow them down from attacking. It was also used for protection when soldiers were stationed in trenches.**

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