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The improved British air defences forced Kagohl 3 to turn to night bombing, at first intended to be temporary until re-equipped with improved aircraft but the Gotha G V turned out to be a disappointment, no better than the G IV. The G V and later Gotha models, even the G VII, built to reach an altitude of 20,000–23,000 ft (6,000–7,000 m ...
Edged weapons. Jambiya; Khanjar; M1853/72 Martini Henry Socket Bayonet; Sabre; Sidearms. Smith & Wesson M1889; Colt M1873 Single Action Army; Rifles. Arisaka Type 30 (Given by the British Royal Navy) Jezail; Lee-Enfield; Lee-Metford; Mauser M1893 (Mostly captured by Ottoman forces) Martini-Henry; Machine guns. Vickers Mk I; Maxim gun
Although the German strategic bombing campaign against Britain was the most extensive of the war, it was largely ineffective, in terms of actual damage done. Only 300 tons of bombs were dropped, resulting in material damage of £2,962,111 damage, 1,414 dead and 3,416 injured, these figures including those due to shrapnel from the anti-aircraft ...
World War I British infantry weapons (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "World War I weapons of the United Kingdom" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
British recruiting poster from 1915 at German bombing of Britain, 1914–1918, by the Publicity Department of the Central Recruiting Depot (restored by Adam Cuerden) SM U-21 sinking the Linda Blanche , by Willy Stöwer
This is a list of all weapons current and former of the United Kingdom.This list will consists of all lists on Wikipedia that deal with weapons of the United Kingdom at a certain period of time for example the Modern day and World War II. This way this list can provide a list of all weapons ever used by the UK.
1910s British military aircraft (7 C, 14 P) I. World War I infantry weapons of the United Kingdom (1 P) N. World War I naval ships of the United Kingdom (13 C, ...
The only weapons the destroyers carried capable of damaging large vessels were torpedoes; as the ships were out of torpedo range the destroyers turned away except for Doon, which closed to 5,000 yd (2.8 mi; 4.6 km), fired one torpedo which missed and also turned away.