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THE SCHWERER GUSTAV

=**WWI Artillery**=

Big Bertha wasn't the first big artillery cannon. There were others but not as big because in 1900  Alfred Krupp was making canons to get ready for the war and as he went on making more and more the bigger they got. By the time World War Two came on of the biggest cannons that were there was Big Bertha.
 * Big Bertha**

 Vickers machine gun crew with gas masks

** Machine Guns **
Machine Guns now are very fast ,small, and dangerous. But back then they were relatively new because they were made in 1884 by Hirman Maxim (http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk) so as everything starts as really big the guns were a little bit bigger than today. the Machine Guns then were still very dangerous because they were very powerful mostly because it killed and/or injured some one immediately on both sides. Because of the guns being bigger the amount of men to hold it, control it, and shoot it was around 6-8 men. **Little Willie Tank** How the Little Willie Tank came to be was Britain wanted some kind of vehicle that could transport solders in the battlefield without them getting hurt as easily. So the cam up with the idea of a cover in steel vehicle. Little Willie was the first British tank to be successful in transporting solders from place to place to save lives. and some times they would hook up "sleds" o the back of one to carry even more solders. This was not the only tank, both sides had them, just little Willie was the first one.

  Little Willie



Photo of the 69th Artillery Band taken after their return from France. Wayne L. Poland is the 5th man from the left in the second row. The 69th Artillery, was a band to play for the solders at war. They sailed to France to play for them. they went to a war zone but never went to the battle ground. they were there just for entertainment because out of this depressing time some of them just wanted to hear some American music to lift there spirits up. And when they came back they still played or the people and solders.

Leah Garcia http://freepages.military.rootsweb.ancestry.com http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWbertha.htm