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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 ...
This is a list of German weapons of World War I. Infantry weapons. Mauser Gewehr 98 and bayonet. Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol) Beholla M1915 (semi-automatic ...
Despite the advent of new technologies like aircraft, machine guns, and armored vehicles, artillery was the primary weapon of land warfare in World War I. Artillery was the principal threat to ground troops in the war and was the main reason for the development of trench warfare.
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
A school was opened in January 1917 to teach infantry commanders the new methods. [ 23 ] Given the Allies' growing superiority in munitions and manpower, attackers might still penetrate to the second (artillery protection) line, leaving in their wake German garrisons isolated in Widerstandsnester , (resistance nests, Widas ) still inflicting ...
The European theatre (also known as the First European War [citation needed]) was the main theatre of operations during World War I and was where the war began and ended. . During the four years of conflict, battle was joined by armies of unprecedented size, which were equipped with new mechanized technolo
The Tankgewehr M1918 (transl. Tankgun), also known as the Mauser 13mm anti-tank rifle and T-Gewehr in English, [2] [3] is a German anti-tank rifle [4] —the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying armored targets—and the only anti-tank rifle to see service in World War I.