World war 1 main weapon

World war 1 main weapon

World war 1 main weapon- Rifle

The main weapon used by British soldiers in the trenches was the bolt-action rifle. 15 rounds could be fired in a minute and a person 1,400 metres away could be killed.

 World war 1 main weapon - Machine Gun

Machine guns needed 4-6 men to work them and had to be on a flat surface. They had the fire-power of 100 guns.

Large field guns had a long range and could deliver devastating blows to the enemy but needed up to 12 men to work them. They fired shells which exploded on impact.

World war 1 main weapon - Gas

The German army were the first to use chlorine gas at the battle of Ypres in 1915. Chlorine gas causes a burning sensation in the throat and chest pains. Death is painful - you suffocate! The problem with chlorine gas is that the weather must be right. If the wind is in the wrong direction it could end up killing your own troops rather than the enemy.

 Mustard gas was the most deadly weapon used. It was fired into the trenches in shells. It is colourless and takes 12 hours to take effect. Effects include: blistering skin, vomiting, sore eyes, internal and external bleeding. Death can take up to 5 weeks.

World war 1 main weapon - Zeppelin

The Zeppelin, also known as blimp, was an airship that was used during the early part of the war in bombing raids by the Germans. They carried machine guns and bombs. However, they were abandoned because they were easy to shoot out of the sky.

World war 1 main weapon - Tank

Tanks were used for the first time in the First World War at the Battle of the Somme. They were developed to cope with the conditions on the Western Front. The first tank was called 'Little Willie' and needed a crew of 3. Its maximum speed was 3mph and it could not cross trenches.

The more modern tank was not developed until just before the end of the war. It could carry 10 men, had a revolving turret and could reach 4mph.

 World war 1 main weapon - Planes

Planes were also used for the first time. At first they were used to deliver bombs and for spying work but became fighter aircraft armed with machine guns, bombs and some times cannons. Fights between two planes in the sky became known as 'dogfights'

 World war 1 main weapon - Torpedoes

Torpedoes were used by submarines. The Germans used torpedoes to blow up ships carrying supplies from America to Britain.

 The Germans torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania on May 1st 1915 which sank with a loss of 1,195 lives. Americans were outraged and joined the war in 1917 on the side of the allies.

World war 1 main weapon - 130 mm/55 (5.1") Pattern 1913

Designation	130 mm/55 (5.1") Pattern 1913
	130 mm/55 (5.1") Marks A and B
Ship Class Used On	During World War I
	Complete - Imperatritsa Maria class, Diana, Bogatyr class, Prut, Khrabry, Grozyaschii, coastal batteries
	Incomplete - Borodino class, Variag (rearmament), Svetlana class, Admiral Nevelskoy
	During Russian Civil War
	Used to arm river gunboats and floating batteries
	During World War II
	Aurora, Komintern, Chervona Ukraina, Krasnyi Krym, minelayer Marti, four Shkval class monitors
	Krasnaya Abhazia gunboats, monitor Udarny, coastal defense and railroad guns
Date Of Design	1912
Date In Service	1914
Gun Weight	5.136 - 5.290 mt
Gun Length oa	281.5 in (7.150 m)
Bore Length	276.3 in (7.019 m)
Rifling Length	230.8 in (5.862 m)
Grooves	(30) 0.0395 in deep x 0.36 in (1.00 x 9.14 mm)
Lands	0.1756 in (4.46 mm)
Twist	Uniform RH 1 in 29.89
Chamber Volume	1,070 in3 (17.53 dm3)
Rate Of Fire	5 - 8 rounds per minute

World war 1 main weapon - Corps loans 90-year-old cannon

A World War I-era cannon first fired by Marines more than 90 years ago to commemorate the opening of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Va., was returned to the center in July, on loan for the next decade from the National Museum of the Marine Corps.
The detachment of Marines fired the seven-inch tractor-mounted behemoth Oct. 16, 1918, a Navy release said. It’s been returned to the Navy proving ground in anticipation of the facility’s 100th anniversary.
On the day the installation was founded, the Marines launched a 152-pound projectile about 24,000 yards down the Potomac River. Army observers later described the weapon as, “the heaviest and hardest hitting gun for which a mobile field mount of this kind had ever been requested by any nation or army.”
Its range — between 19,000 and 25,000 yards — was more than double that of its predecessors.
Then:

A 1918 file photo shows the first gun fired at Naval Weapons Station Dahlgren. The World War I-era 7-inch, 45-caliber tractor-mounted gun will be reconditioned and placed on display during Rear Adm. John Dahlgren\'s 200th birthday commemoration scheduled for Nov. 13. Courtesy Photo

Transportation personnel at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren prepare to off-load a World War I-era tractor-mounted artillery piece, the first gun originally test fired to mark the establishment of Dahlgren as a naval proving ground on Oct. 16, 1918. The 7-inch, 45-caliber gun will be restored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division. Courtesy Photo Date: 07.20.2009

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World war 1 main weapon - Austria-Hungary

Handguns

M1870 Gasser

Rast-Gasser M1898

Roth-Steyr M1907

Steyr Mannlicher M1894

Steyr Mannlicher M1901

Steyr M1912

Dreyse M1907

Frommer Stop

Mauser C96

Rifles

Steyr-Mannlicher M1888 and M1888/1890

Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Mannlicher-Schönauer

Mondragón rifle

M1867 Werndl-Holub

Lee-Enfield

Machine Guns

Salvator-Dormus M1893

Schwarzlose MG M.07/12

Skoda M1909 machine gun

MG 08

Madsen machine gun

Flamethrowers

Kleinflammenwerfer

Flammenwerfer M.16.

Mortars

8 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15

9 cm Minenwerfer M 14

9 cm Minenwerfer M 17

10.5 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15

12 cm Minenwerfer M 15

12 cm Luftminenwerfer M 16

14 cm Minenwerfer M 15

15 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15 M. E.

World war 1 main weapon- Kingdom of Belgium

Handguns

FN Browning M1903

FN Browning M1910

Nagant M1895

Bergmann-Bayard pistol

Ruby pistol

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless

Rifles

Mauser Model 1889

Albini rifle (Force Publique)

M1870 Belgian Comblain

Machine Guns

Hotchkiss M1914

Hotchkiss M1909

Chauchat

Lewis Gun

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Shotguns

Browning Auto-5 (Inactive Garde Civique)

World war 1 main weapon - British Empire

Handguns

Webley Revolver

Webley Self-Loading .455” Mark I (Royal Navy, since 1911, and later Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Flying Corps)

Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver

Enfield revolver

Colt M1911 (Royal Flying Corps and Royal Navy, Limited use)

Colt New Service

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Smith & Wesson M1917 revolver

Smith & Wesson Triple Lock

Lancaster pistol

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless

Mauser C96 (Private purchase by officers)

Rifles

Lee-Enfield

Lee-Metford

Pattern 1914 Enfield

Martini-Enfield

Martini-Henry

Ross rifle (Canadian units)

Winchester Model 1894 (Royal Flying Corps, Limited use)

Winchester Model 1895

Winchester Model 1907

Type 30 rifle

Type 38 rifle

Type 38 cavalry rifle

Mauser-Vergueiro

Farquhar-Hill rifle (Field trials only)

Huot Automatic Rifle (Field trials only)

Periscope rifle

Machine Guns

Vickers machine gun

Maxim gun

Lewis Gun

Hotchkiss Mark I

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun (Canadian units)

M1917 Browning machine gun

Shotguns

Marlin Model 1894

Winchester Model 1887

Sawn-off shotgun (Used by British and ANZAC trench raiders, unsanctioned)

Anti-tank weapons

Elephant gun

Grenades

Grenade, No 1 Hales

Rifle grenades, 2, 3, 4 Hales

No.s 5, 23, 36 Mills

No. 6 Grenade

No.s 8, 9 Double Cylinder Jam Tin

No. 13 Battye

No. 15 Ball grenade

No. 27 Smoke Grenade

No. 34 Egg grenade

Mortars

2 inch Medium Mortar

Newton 6 inch Mortar

Stokes Mortar

Livens Projector

Support Guns

Vickers-Crayford rocket gun

Swords

1897 Pattern

1908 and 1912 Pattern Cavalry Swords

Bayonets

M1907 bayonet

World war 1 main weapon - Kingdom of Bulgaria

Handguns

Nagant M1895

Luger P08

Smith & Wesson

Rifles

Steyr-Mannlicher M1888

Steyr-Mannlicher M1890

Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Peabody-Martini

Berdan

Turkish Mauser rifles

Mauser M1880 and M1907

Mosin-Nagant

M1867 Russian Krnka

Machine guns

Maxim gun

Maschinengewehr 08

World war 1 main weapon - Empire of Japan

Handguns

Type 26 Revolver

Nambu Automatic Handgun

Rifles

Type 30

Type 38

Type 38 Carbine

Type 44 Carbine

Swords

Guntō

Bayonets

Type 30

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Handguns

Modèle 1892 revolver

MAS 1873 revolver

MAS 1874 revolver

Ruby pistol

Star Model 14

FN M1900

Colt M1911

Colt M1892

Savage Model 1907

Rifles

Lebel Model 1886 rifle

Berthier M1907-15 and M1916

Berthier carbine

Mannlicher Berthier

Fusil Automatique Modele 1917

Meunier rifle

Winchester Model 1907

Winchester Model 1910

Chassepot

Fusil Gras mle 1874

Machine Guns

St. Étienne Mle 1907

Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun

Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Chauchat

Submachine guns

Ribeyrolle 1918 automatic carbine

Anti-tank weapons

Puteaux SA 18

Grenades

F1 Grenade

Flamethrowers

Schilt

P3 and P4 Flamethrowers

Mortars

Mortier de 58 mm type 2

Support Guns

Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP

Knives

French Nail

World war 1 main weapon - German Empire

Pistols

M1879 Reichsrevolver

M1883 Reichsrevolver

Mauser Zig-Zag

Luger P08

Mauser C96

Beholla pistol

Dreyse M1907

Steyr M1912

Mauser 1910

Mauser 1914

Bergmann 1896

Bergmann-Bayard pistol

Schönberger-Laumann 1892

Schwarzlose Model 1908

Rifles

Gewehr 71/84

Gewehr 88

Gewehr 98

Mondragón rifle

Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Machine Guns

Maschinengewehr 08

Bergmann MG15 nA Gun

Madsen machine gun

Parabellum MG14

Parabellum MG17

Gast gun

Submachine guns

MP18

Anti-tank weapons

Elephant Gun

Mauser Anti-tank Rifle

MG 18 TuF

Grenades

Model 24 grenade

Mines

Flachmine 17

Flamethrowers

Kleinflammenwerfer

Grossflammenwerfer

Wechselapparat

Flammenwerfer M.16.

Mortars

7.58 cm Minenwerfer

9.15 cm leichte Minenwerfer System Lanz

Support Guns

7.62 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/16.5

7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/20

7.7 cm Infanteriegeschütz L/27

Swords

Imperial Artillery Sabre

World war 1 main weapon - Kingdom of Greece

Handguns

MAS 1873 revolver

MAS 1874 revolver

Steyr Mannlicher M1901

Ruby pistol

Nagant M1895

Rifles

Mannlicher-Schönauer

Berthier rifle

Lebel 1886

Various Turkish Mauser rifles

Gras rifle

Machine Guns

Schwazlose MG M.07/12

Chauchat

World war 1 main weapon - Kingdom of Italy

Pistols

Glisenti Model 1910

Bodeo Model 1889

Ruby pistol

Mauser C96

Rifles

Carcano

M1870 Italian Vetterli

Berthier rifle

Machine Guns

Villar-Perosa

Fiat-Revelli Modello 14

Perino Model 1908

St. Étienne Mle 1907

Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun

Chauchat

Gardner gun

Lewis gun

Vickers machine gun

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Submachine Guns

Beretta Model 1918

World war 1 main weapon - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Rifles

Mauser 98

Machine guns

MG 08

World war 1 main weapon - Kingdom of Montenegro

Pistols

M1870 Gasser

Smith and Wesson Model 3

Rifles

Mosin-Nagant

Berdan Rifle

Machine Guns

Maxim gun

World war 1 main weapon - Ottoman Empire

Handguns

Smith & Wesson

FN Browning M1903

Mauser C96

Pistole Parabellum 1908

Rifles

Enfauser

Mauser Models 1887, 1889, 1890, 1893 and 1903

Gewehr 88 (Sent by Germany late in the war)

Gewehr 98 (Sent by Germany late in the war)

Peabody-Martini

Winchester M1866

Snider-Enfield

Machine Guns

Maxim gun

Maschinengewehr 08

Bergmann MG15 nA Gun

Flamethrowers

Kleinflammenwerfer (Supplied by Germany in small numbers)

World war 1 main weapon - Portuguese Republic

Pistol

Savage Pistol

Parabellum Pistol

Rifles

Mauser-Vergueiro

Lee-Enfield (Portuguese forces in the Western Front)

Kropatschek

Machine Guns

Vickers Machine Gun

Lewis Gun

Maxim-Vickers Gun

Mortars

Stokes Mortar

World war 1 main weapon - Kingdom of Romania

Sidearms

Steyr M1912

Rifles

Mosin-Nagant

Steyr-Mannlicher M1893

Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Machine Guns

Schwarzlose MG M.07/12

World war 1 main weapon - Russian Empire

Pistols

Nagant M1895

Mauser C96

Browning M1903

Luger P08

Smith & Wesson Model 3

Colt M1911

Rifles

Berdan rifle

Mosin-Nagant

Type 30 rifle

Type 38 Rifle (Northern front)

Type 38 cavalry rifle

Lebel 1886 (Caucasian front)

Fusil Gras mle 1874 (Supplied by France)

Chassepot (Supplied by France)

Kropatschek (Supplied by France)

Vetterli rifle

Fedorov Avtomat

Winchester Model 1895

Winchester Model 1907

Winchester Model 1910

Machine Guns

M1910 Maxim Gun

Maxim gun

Vickers machine gun

Lewis gun

Chauchat

Madsen machine gun

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Shotguns

Double-barreled shotgun

Grenades

Model 1914 grenade

Mortars

9 cm Mortar Type GR

Aasen mortar

Support Guns

37 mm trench gun M1915

Swords

Shashka

World war 1 main weapon - United States of America

Handguns

Colt M1911

M1917 revolver

Smith & Wesson Model 10

Colt New Service

Colt M1892

Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless (Used by the Navy)

Rifles

M1903 Springfield

M1892-99 Springfield

M1917 Enfield

Lee-Enfield (AEF soldiers in Commonwealth units)

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle

Winchester Model Lee 1895 (Used by the Navy)

Winchester Model 1895

Winchester Model 1907

Remington Model 8

Berthier rifle (AEF soldiers in French units)

Machine Guns

M1917 Browning Machine Gun

Chauchat

Lewis Gun

Hotchkiss M1909 Benet-Mercie machine gun

Hotchkiss M1914 machine gun

M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun

Vickers machine gun

Shotguns

Winchester M1897

Winchester M1912

Browning Auto-5

Remington Model 10

Winchester Model 1887

Grenades

F1 Grenade

Mk 1 grenade

Mk 2 grenade

Mills bomb

Mortars

Stokes Mortar

Livens Projector

Support Guns

Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP

Bayonets

M1905 bayonet

M1917 bayonet

Knives

Mark I trench knife

World war 1 main weapon - Kingdom of Serbia

Handguns

Nagant M1895

Rifle

Mosin-Nagant

Steyr-Mannlicher M1895

Berdan rifle

Serbian and Turkish Mauser rifles

Berthier rifle

Fusil Gras mle 1874

Machine Guns

Maxim Gun

Schwazlose MG M.07/12

Chauchat

Grenades

Vasić M.12 model

Reference document for World war 1 main weapon:

World War One - Weapons
Old School Big Gun
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