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Technology during World War I (1914–1918) reflected a trend toward industrialism and the application of mass-production methods to weapons and to the technology of warfare in general. This trend began at least fifty years prior to World War I during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, [ 1 ] and continued through many smaller conflicts in ...
A Photo History of Tanks in Two World Wars. Poole: Blandford Press. Foss, Christopher F. (2002). The Encyclopedia of Tanks & Armoured Fighting Vehicles. London: Amber Books. ISBN 978-1905704-44-6. Gale, Tim (2016). The French Army's Tank Force and Armoured Warfare in the Great War: The Artillerie Spéciale. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781317031338.
Edged weapons. M1858/61 Kavalleriesäbel; M1862 Infanteriesäbel; ... The Machine Gun: History, Evolution and Development of Manually Operated, Full Automatic, ...
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Long barrel recoil technology placed the gun within a barrel that included a system to absorb the momentum from firing the gun, allowing the weapon to remain stationary when it was fired. [ 3 ] The German General Staff had learned from the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) the importance of heavy artillery in destroying enemy guns and positions ...
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In 1917, during the First World War, the armies on the Western Front continued to change their fighting methods, due to the consequences of increased firepower, more automatic weapons, decentralisation of authority and the integration of specialised branches, equipment and techniques into the traditional structures of infantry, artillery and cavalry.
Mauser Gewehr 98 and bayonet. Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol); Beholla M1915 (semi-automatic pistol); Bergmann–Bayard M1910 (semi-automatic pistol); Bergmann MP 18-I (submachine gun)