WW1 – Weapons and Technology

while they may seem primitive now the
weapons of World War one completely
revolutionized warfare hi I’m Rebecca
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be exploring the weapons and
technology used in the First World War
mainly soldiers used bolt-action rifles
these were capable of firing
approximately ten rounds per minute
machine guns were used by large powers
however were only useful in stationary
battles as they were larger and less
mobile heavy siege guns such as
Germany’s Big Bertha also were important
in the battles of World War one one of
the biggest innovations during World War
one was the use of poison gas in fact
the widespread use of different poisons
even had many calling the first world
war the chemists war the French were the
first to use gas during the war in
August 1914 they used grenades filled
with tear gas to combat the Germans in
1915 the Germans began to use chlorine
the first gas considered lethal mustard
gas became a significant source of dread
for soldiers as simple exposure to it
could burn flesh and cause massive
blisters however as the use of various
gases increased soldiers became more
prepared to confront them it has been
estimated that only about 4% of the
deaths in the war can be attributed to
gas the first use of the tank took place
during World War one as well the British
and the French led the way in developing
tanks while the Germans focused on
anti-tank weapons initially tanks have
been brought in as a solution to the
stalemate caused by trench warfare on
the Western Front the first appearance
on the battlefield was in 1916 the
British rushed them into combat and
consequently many were plagued with
reliability issues the heavily bombed
out terrain proved difficult to navigate
and only the most mobile tanks were
successful nevertheless the appearance
of tanks increased throughout the war as
the issues with earlier models were
addressed in the end British and French
tanks played a significant role in the
Allied victory
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