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WWI Weapons. Machine Gun. Invented by US 1862 for Civil War Took 4-6 men to operate Very Heavy Fired 400-600 rounds Most devastating weapon WWI. Tank. Invented by British Get through No Man’s Land Only went 3 mph Made of Steel Becomes a natural shield for troops to walk behind. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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WWI Weapons

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Machine Gun

• Invented by US 1862 for Civil War• Took 4-6 men to operate• Very Heavy• Fired 400-600 rounds• Most devastating weapon WWI

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Tank

• Invented by British• Get through No

Man’s Land• Only went 3 mph• Made of Steel• Becomes a natural

shield for troops to walk behind

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Bayonets

• Bayonne, France in 1600s

• Knife end of rifle

• Germans made it serrated.

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Cannons

• British• Get ground mobile

cannons during WWI• Germans make Big

Bertha named after a wife

-Weighed 175 tons, heavy

-Flipped when fired so put on railroad track

-Major destruction!

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Flame Thrower

• German• Shoots Fire• There was a small

portable model. Sometimes the container holding kerosene would leak causing holder to catch fire.

• Second one was better and shot longer and further.

• Used a lot of fuel!

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Gases

• French first to use tear gas in war.• Chemical gases were used by Germans3 Main Types: A. Chlorine Gas:Suffocates you-shuts down lungs and throat.B. Phosgene:Similar to chlorine but choke to death on own mucus-

usually die in 2 days.C. Mustard:An irritant which blisters you internally and externally.D. Gas masks are invented during WWI.

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Effect?

• War of Attrition: -you wear down the enemy

physically and mentally• Shell Shock: -psychological damage from war• Invention of prosthetics (fake

limbs)

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Planes

• 1904 Wright Brothers, The Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

• Made wood and canvas• Planes had to get low to

ground to drop bomb• Very dangerous• Used mainly for supplies• By end of war used more

for bombing

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The Red Baron!

• Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) was a German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron". He was the most successful flying ace during World War I, being officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories.

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Snoopy & The Red Baron Song!

• Snoopy and the Red Baron• http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=rNremK0cBEg&feature=related