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DWM Parabellum MG 13 [13] (A combination of water cooled version and air cooled version) Fokker-Leimberger M1916 machine gun; Johnston D1918 [14] Knötgen M1912 machine gun; S.I.A. M1918 [13] Schwarzlose M1905 machine gun [7] Grenade launchers. Blanch-Chevallier grenade launcher; Guided explosive weapons. Aubriot Gabet Land torpedo (Cable ...
In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for aerial reconnaissance, however some pilots began to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes.Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns with a variety of mountings; initially the only guns were carried in the rear cockpit supplying defensive fire (this was employed by two-seat aircraft all through the war).
Even so, air reconnaissance played a critical role in the "war of movement" of 1914, especially in helping the Allies halt the German invasion of France. Aircraft were first used in Alexander von Kluck's German First Army during the Battle of Mons to target its guns on British II Corps positions. [4]
Bergmann MG 15nA (air cooled version light machine gun) Gast M1917; Madsen M1902; Maxim machine gun; MG 18 TuF (heavy anti-tank and anti-aircraft machine gun) MG 99, MG 01, MG 08, MG 08/15, MG 08/18 and MG 09; Parabellum MG 14 and MG 14/17 (lightweight redesign of the MG 08) Schmeisser-Dreyse MG 12, MG 15 and MG 18 [2]
Perhaps the most famous fighter plane during World War 1 was the Fokker as it was the first to include a synchronized machine gun. [23] [24] [25] Towards the end of the conflict, aircraft carriers were used for the first time, with HMS Furious launching Sopwith Camels in a raid to destroy the Zeppelin hangars at Tønder in 1918. [26]
A multi-national air force to strike at Germany was planned but never materialized. Early strategic bombing attempts led to the development of specialized bomber aircraft, during World War I. Initially bombs were dropped by hand and aimed by the naked eye, but by the end of the war bombsights had been developed.
Anti-tank weapons. PIAT (British made) Boys anti-tank rifle (British made) Anti-aircraft weapons. Bofors 80mm M1929 AA gun (Swedish made) Hotchkiss 25mm M1939 AA gun (American origin and French made) Rheinmetall 2cm M1937 flugzeugabwehrkanone (German captured AA gun) Rheinmetall 3.7cm M1937 flugzeugabwehrkanone (German captured AA gun) Artillery
The Imperial Russian Air Service — Famous Pilots and Aircraft of World War I. Mountain View, California: Flying Machines Press. Mountain View, California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 0-9637110-2-4 .