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Introduced in 1915, it was used with greatest effect during the Hooge battle of the Western Front on 30 July 1915. The German Army had two main types of flame throwers during the Great War: a small single person version called the Kleinflammenwerfer and a larger crew served configuration called the Grossflammenwerfer. In the latter, one soldier ...
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
Chemical weapons have since washed up on shorelines and been found by fishers, causing injuries and, in some cases, death. Other disposal methods included land burials and incineration. After World War 1, "chemical shells made up 35 percent of French and German ammunition supplies, 25 percent British and 20 percent American". [96]
This is a list of German weapons of World War I. Infantry weapons Mauser Gewehr 98 and bayonet ... German Military Vehicles of World War II: An Illustrated Guide to ...
The German General Staff had learned from the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) the importance of heavy artillery in destroying enemy guns and positions, [7] and advocated the use of heavy artillery in the field army. While heavy artillery is normally not mobile and only suitable for sieges, the Germans were able to develop mobile weapons that ...
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."
Pages in category "World War I infantry weapons of the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Replica catapult at Château des Baux, France. While there were numerous instances of military support for scientific work before the 20th century, these were typically isolated instances; knowledge gained from technology was generally far more important for the development of science than scientific knowledge was to technological innovation. [4]