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 Top speed to 4mph  Ability to make sharp turns at top speed  Ability to climb a 5 ft incline  Ability to cross an 8 feet gap  Working radius.

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6  Top speed to 4mph  Ability to make sharp turns at top speed  Ability to climb a 5 ft incline  Ability to cross an 8 feet gap  Working radius of 20 miles  10 man crew/ 2 machine gunners / 1 light artillery

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9  Used by the German Army in the early stages of WWI  Quickly adopted by other forces  Smaller model -> Flamenwerfer  Larger model -> Grossflamenwerfer  Pressurized CO2/ Nitrogen propels burning fuel  Very effective in the trenches.

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11  Short/ stumpy tube which fired projectiles at a steep angle ->  Could be fired (relatively) safely from the trench  Lighter than other artillery pieces and weapons  Projectiles make impact after falling straight down.

12  Devised to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare  First used in battle on April 22, 1915 in the Second battle of Ypres  Yellowish-Green color ->  Destroys a soldier’s respiratory system in seconds, led to violent choking attacks.

13 Poison Gas!  Not really meant to kill only 4% of deaths were because of Gas  Gas was meant to demoralize and scare enemies – stop from shooting  1914- Tear Gas  1915 – Chlorine & Phosgene (85%)  1917- Mustard Gas – Heavy, settled on ground - - could remain active for months

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15  Between 1914-1918  3.5 -4 million Allies  3 – 3.2 million Germans

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