wwi weapons

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

Bayonets

• Bayonne, France in 1600s

• Knife end of rifle

• Germans made it serrated.

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!

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!

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.

Effect?

• War of Attrition: -you wear down the enemy

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

limbs)

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

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.

Snoopy & The Red Baron Song!

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

v=rNremK0cBEg&feature=related