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**// FLAMETHROWER: //** It was a widely used in the Southeastern part of the Western front in WWI. The Germens were the first to use the Flamethrower and it was used against the French and British in the war. There were two different kinds of Flamethrower, the Kleinflammenwerfer and the Grosflammewerfer. The Kleinflammewerfer was a portable flamethrower and used by one man. The Grosflammewerfer was not used by a single man. Each cylinder was filled with pressured air and Co2 or nitrogen.



//** MACHINE GUN: **// In WWI the heavy machine gun was introduced in the war. It wasn’t used by the Germans and British until October, 1915. The typical heavy machine gun weighed 30kg-60kg and used 400-600 small caliber bullets. The crew was usually a four to six man crew operating the machine gun. During use the machine gun would often overheat which led to the innovation of air cool and water cooled machine guns. In that same year it was adapted to airplanes and tanks. Later in 1918 the light machine gun was introduced, like the MP18


 * // TANKS: //** When the armored tanks was getting prepared for war a set of rules were made in order for the tank to be successful. The first armored tank was the Little Willie. The tank carried a maximum of three people and would go 3mph. The combat tank which was released in January 1916. When it was being used the fumes would choke the men inside. Private A. Smith was issued the first tank award at Delville woods.


 * // AIRPLANES: In WWI the planes had different colors on them to represent different countries. When in the air they would target factories, power stations, and dockyards. The tactical bombers would aid the ground forces when needed. They were often fighter aircrafts, bombers and naval aircraft. This would be an importance in fighting tactics. //**


 * // U-boats: In WWI the U-boat was introduce to warfare. The German boat usually had four torpedoes and 16cn guns. The depth the boat could go was about 30-75 meters. At the surface it could go 18 knots while submerged it could go 8 knots. It had a 20-40 crew members and was one of the reasons why the U.S was brought into the war because of the Germans. //**




 * // MUSTARD GAS: //** This gas was used by the Germans against the Russians in Sept. 17. Also it was used in the western front. The gas was held in artillery shells and shot out and the gas was odorless and hard to detect. Within several hours the affects would start to come into play. The pain of this gas was horrific that they strapped soldiers down in their beds to make them not get out. Then 4-5 weeks the soldiers would eventually die. This would lead to the filtered mask in 1918 with the cotton being the filter. In dramatic cases urine drenched shirts were used as a last resort.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/gas.htm
 * //"Weapons of war-poison gas" __Firstworldwar.com__ 12/17/09

"Weapons of war-Flame thrower" __firstworldwar.com__ 12/21/09 http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/flamethrower.htm

"The warin in the air" __firstworldwar.com__ 12/22/09 http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/bombers_intro.htm//**