Used to bombard enemy trenches before attack Mobile guns – could be wheeled easily from location to location Many suffered from “shell-shock” from hours of continuous shelling

Rapid fire ( bullets per minute) Allowed for massive losses for advancing troops Trenches were built to avoid machine guns Tanks would soon limit the machine gun

Canada was equipped with this gun Originally a sportsman gun Frequently jammed in the trenches Soldiers would throw it away when they could get their hands on a British gun

Sturdy, rarely jammed, and reliable At 1 st Sam Hughes (Canada’s Minister of Militia) threatened court martial if a soldier lost their Ross Rifle After mass complaints Ross Rifle is switched with the Lee Enfield

Detonated 2 ways: on impact or a timed fuse Important in the war due to trenches Lobbed into the enemy’s trench

Considered an inhumane form of warfare Tear Gas – made enemies eye tear up Chlorine Gas – made it difficult to breath Mustard Gas – caused the skin to blister

Had the ability to cut through barbed wire Had trouble moving through mud and trenches Often broke down Improved greatly by the end of the war

A short tube which fired a shell directly on the enemy Landed in the trench Easy to carry, pick up, and move (and hide)

First used to find the enemy (surveillance) Later used to attack enemy lines Engineers develop an interrupter system to block gun from firing into propeller Many began to use top- mounted gun

Inflatable airships used for scouting and bombing Often used at Sea to sink enemy ships Germany had the Zeppelin – built extremely well Britain used smaller ones

US and Britain responsible for much research into the building of subs Germany would utilize the sub the most Called U-Boats Used torpedoes Responsible for mass sinking of Allied ships

Identify the weapon you think might have the biggest impact on WWI. Explain why.