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New Weapons 1915

Heavy Artillery The most popular weapon of the generals Enormous power and fired large shells. These shells churned the land in France into a sea of mud.

Shell size

Machine Gun The “Vickers” machine gun could fire 600 bullets per minute. Germans could mow down the enemy.

The Tank Armor-plated tractor (British), 6km per hour. Armed with both Cannons and machine guns.

Close Range weapons Bayonettes – long knives fixed to the end of rifles. Grenades – the British used the pineapple shaped Mills Bomb, while the Germans used a stick-shaped grenade know as “potato-mashers”.

Close-Range weapons

Gas Weapons Gas weapons were effective at first, but gas mask soon made the gas ineffective.