First+World+War+Weapons

Adeline Gray


 * ====Rifle- The most common rifle used was the bolt-acting rifle. It was most common in the treches. It allowed a man to shoot up to 1,400 meters away and fifteen rounds in a minute.====


 * Machine Gun- All though the machine gun needed four to six men to operate it they had the power of one hundred guns. Another version of the machine gun is known as the __field gun,__ it took up to twelve men to operate it__.__ It had a long range and had a very high force behind the bullet. The shells would explode on impact.


 * Gas- The German army were the first to use the poisonous gas. Chlorine gas causes pain in the chest and a burning feeling in the throat. The death is very awful, you suffocate to death! Gas is very dangerous to use on the battle field because sometime the operator can release too much and end up killing himself. Also if the weather is not perfect then the gas can end up killing your own soldiers. Mustard gas is the most dangerous weapon used. It is colorless and takes twelve hours to start to work. It was fired into the trenches in shells. The effects are blistering skin, vomiting, sore eyes, internal and external bleeding. The death can take up to fine weeks.


 * Zeppelin- The zeppelin is most commonly known as the blimp. The zeppelins were used by the Germans to bomb the enemy. The also contained machine guns and bombs. They weren't used very much because they were really easy to shoot out of the sky.


 * Planes- They were used for bombing and for spying on the enemy. They later were developed for fighting in the air. They were armed with machine guns, bombs and