1. WWI New Weapons
Chapter 13, Section 2

2. Machine Gun
The Hotchkiss machine-gun was the standard machine gun of the French Army during WWI and was sturdy and reliable.

3. Machine Gun Replaced single-fire, short range rifles
British machine guns fired 8 rounds per second, at a distance of 2,900 yards

4. Artilery Large-caliber guns used in warfare
Greater power and carried much further than regular guns
24 million shells used in the battle of Verdun alone.

5. Other New Weapons 75 different forms of gas used in WWI Flame throwers
Tanks
Airplanes

6. Mass Casualties
Old tactics mixed with new weapons caused MASS casualties
TOTAL LOSSES EXCEED 10 MILLION PEOPLE

7. Effects Romanticism lost No hero's welcome
Changed attitudes about the war written in letters home

8. Effects 475 miles of trenches across North France
British used over 10 million shovels
Charged over the top of trenches into no man’s land to reach enemy trenches