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New Weapons Used During WWI Mrs. Ha Chapter 11 Trench Warfare
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New Types of Weapons Poison Gas: 1915 Germans: First to use Allies later used
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Soldiers & Dogs: Gas Masks
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Dogs & Horses: Gas Masks
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Mustard Gas: hands
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Mustard Gas: victim
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Mustard Gas Burn out lungs Blind your eyes Suppose to end war fast Increased misery of soldiers
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Airplane First for scouting Later combat “Dog fights” Individual pilot fights
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World War I Planes
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Other New Weapons Flamethrower Shoot fire Long distance
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Machine Guns Patent: Hiram Maxim Fire: 450-600 rounds per minute Had to be water cooled Long belt of bullets
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MACHINE GUN
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Barbed Wire Wire with hooks Slowed progress
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Submarines German “U-boats” Convoy System was used to combat it
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Tanks First: Great Britain “Little Willie” Weight: 4 tons Speed: 3 MPH Capacity: 3 men Bullets easily bounced off of them Ran over barbed wire
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Inside “Little Willie”
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