https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0 Made in the US of A en-us 2016-12-13 15:01:24 UTC 2024-12-01 13:26:23 UTC hello@padlet.com jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143382657 Did you know that a WWI Machine gun fired up to 600 rounds/minute?(http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/machineguns.htm)]]> 2016-12-13 15:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143382657 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143384931 During the war, the Germans with help from other allies manufactured the machine guns so fast that there was a myth created about it. (http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/machineguns.htm) ]]> 2016-12-13 15:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143384931 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143394005 In WWI, people would wear gas masks similar to the picture below to protect them against poison gasses (pg. 244 in our textbook next to New Technology)]]> 2016-12-13 15:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143394005 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143397756 Mustard gas was first used in September of 1918 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_weapons_in_World_War_I)]]> 2016-12-13 15:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143397756 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143399478 The 1914 machine gun, usually positioned on a flat tripod, would require a gun crew of four to six operators.]]> 2016-12-13 16:05:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143399478 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143400488 Chlorine gas was the first killing agent ]]> 2016-12-13 16:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143400488 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143417032 Maxim, the guy who invented the machine gun, first gave the idea to Britain, but they rejected the idea. ]]> 2016-12-13 16:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143417032 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143480604 The use of poison gasses in the war was a war crime according to the 1899 Hague Declaration Concerning Asphyxiating Gases and the 1907 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which prohibited poison or poisoned weapons.]]> 2016-12-13 20:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143480604 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143482903 People tried to transport light machine guns by wheeled carriages or pack animals but were ultimately unsuccessful.]]> 2016-12-13 20:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143482903 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143619473 Phosgene was a potent killing agent, deadlier than chlorine.]]> 2016-12-14 15:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143619473 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143627431 The most common way to die was by machine guns or barbed wire.]]> 2016-12-14 15:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143627431 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143629507 Germany used chemical weapons on the eastern front in an attack at Rawka, south of Warsaw. In response, the artillery branch of the Russian army organized a commission to study the delivery of poison gas in shells.]]> 2016-12-14 15:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143629507 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143636016 Water cooled machine guns would still overheat relatively quickly (sometimes within two minutes), with the consequence that large supplies of water would need to be on hand in the heat of a battle - and, when these ran out, it was not unknown for a machine gun crew to solve the problem by urinating into the jacket]]> 2016-12-14 16:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143636016 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143670649  Whether air or water cooled, machine guns still jammed frequently, especially in hot conditions or when used by inexperienced operators.]]> 2016-12-14 17:33:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143670649 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143749235 Germans had 168 tons of chlorine in 5,730 canisters.]]> 2016-12-14 23:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143749235 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752172 The Germans tried to use the chlorine gas on the Russian fort but they were eventually repelled. ]]> 2016-12-15 00:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752172 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752816 Austrian forces attack the Italian lines on Monte San Michele with a mix of phosgene and chlorine gas.]]> 2016-12-15 00:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752816 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752841 The second battle of Ypres, the Germans used chlorine on three separate occasions. ]]> 2016-12-15 00:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752841 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752867 The first use of chlorine was before January 2, 1915]]> 2016-12-15 00:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752867 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752892 German troops fired fragmentation shells filled with a chemical irritant against British positions at Neuve Chapelle, though the concentration achieved was so small that no one noticed it]]> 2016-12-15 00:37:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143752892 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143753060 The earliest military uses of chemicals were tear-inducing irritants rather than fatal or disabling poisons.]]> 2016-12-15 00:39:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143753060 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143753154 During World War I, the French army was the first to employ gas, using 26 mm grenades filled with tear gas]]> 2016-12-15 00:41:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143753154 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754187 The British Army Thought that the machine gun was an improper form of warfare]]> 2016-12-15 01:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754187 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754497 The original Machine gun weighed 62 kg ]]> 2016-12-15 01:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754497 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754584 Germans were the ones who demonstrated the value of the machine gun]]> 2016-12-15 01:08:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754584 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754787 On the opening day of the offensive the British suffered a record number of single day casualties, 60,000, the great majority lost under withering machine gun fire]]> 2016-12-15 01:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143754787 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143755406 Light machine guns were adopted too for incorporation into aircraft from 1915 onwards]]> 2016-12-15 01:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143755406 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143755498 one-man portable machine guns were put to some use while each weighing 9-14 kg, although maintaining sufficient ammunition supplies remained a difficulty]]> 2016-12-15 01:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143755498 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143755870 As the war developed machine guns were adapted for use on tanks on broken ground]]> 2016-12-15 01:35:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143755870 jmikesell18 https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143756195 The Machine gun was first used as a defensive weapon then it was used for offense]]> 2016-12-15 01:40:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jmikesell18/3cw0f4ivqhb0/wish/143756195