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Edged weapons. M1858/61 Kavalleriesäbel; M1862 Infanteriesäbel; M1873 Artilleriesäbel; M1904 Kavalleriesäbel; M1915 Pioneer sword; Flare guns. Hebel M1894; Sidearms. Browning FN M1900; Dreyse M1907; Frommer M1912 Stop; Gasser M1870, M1870/84 and M1873; Gasser-Kropatschek M1876; Mannlicher M1901; Mauser C96; Rast & Gasser M1898; Roth–Sauer ...
28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" (six 28 cm MRK L/40 naval guns were converted to railway guns) 28 cm SK L/40 "Bruno" (28 cm SK L/40 gun naval guns were converted to railway guns) 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" (long range coast-defence gun and siege gun) 42 cm Gamma Mörser (siege gun) 42 cm kurze MK 14 L/12 (siege gun, also known as "Bertha")
The name of the Nazis' Weimar-era paramilitary force, the Sturmabteilung, reflects its roots in the culture of German militarism, sharing its title with the temporary designation afforded to early trench-raiding experiments in the Imperial German Army like the 5th Assault Battalion.
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.
Once adequate numbers of new field guns such as the 7.7 cm FK 16 were being produced obsolete types such as the 9 cm Kanone C/73 and captured guns such as the M1897 and 76 mm divisional gun M1902 were withdrawn from front-line service and issued to anti-aircraft units. At first, all of the combatants employed field guns on improvised anti ...
World War I infantry weapons of the United States (24 P) Pages in category "World War I infantry weapons" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
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These are types of guns used during World War I.. The term "Gun" is used to describe a cannon that fires a shell at high velocity in a relatively flat trajectory and increases range by elevating the muzzle; this compares to a Howitzer, which fires a shell at lower velocity in a high trajectory.