Guns of WWl by Olivia Gendry https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c 8-2 en-us 2018-08-27 05:38:16 UTC 2024-05-19 08:07:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 23oliviag1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275449563 mortars are dangerous weapons used during the WWl. ]]> 2018-08-27 05:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275449563 tracer rounds/bullets 23liyar1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275449632 projectiles that are built with a small pyrotechnic charge in their base. racer bullets are rounds which emitted small amounts of flammable material that left a trail]]> 2018-08-27 05:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275449632 bright tracer 23liyar1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450426 the standard tracer bullet. starts burning very shortly after leaving the muzzle (the open end of the barrel of a firearm).A disadvantage of bright tracers is that they give away the shooter's location to the enemy; as a military adage puts it, "tracers work both ways"]]> 2018-08-27 05:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450426 subdued tracer 23liyar1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450452 to avoid giving away the gunner's position, subdued tracers only become aflame at full brightness after a hundred or so yards. ]]> 2018-08-27 05:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450452 dim tracer 23liyar1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450492 dim tracers are very dimly burnt but can be seen clearly with night-vision equipment. ]]> 2018-08-27 05:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450492 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450536 A machine gun is fully automatic and shoots multiple bullets at a time

]]> 2018-08-27 05:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450536 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450791 Machine gun used in WW1]]> 2018-08-27 05:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275450791 23liyar1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275482211 2018-08-27 09:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275482211 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275486326 The first machine gun was used in 1898 in the Spanish American War(in this one you would have to Manually rotate the barrels) ]]> 2018-08-27 10:33:20 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275486326 artillery 23liyar1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275489307 artillery is large-caliber weapon. in WWI, the armies used the following artilleries : 
Machine guns - an automatic gun (fires bullets rapidly while the trigger is pressed)
Flamethrowers - a weapon that sprays out burning fuel.
Mortars - a short gun for firing shells/bombs at high angles
Poison gas - poisonous gas or vapor used to 🤬 or disable an enemy when at war
Tank guns - a heavy armored fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous metal track.

 
]]> 2018-08-27 10:53:38 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275489307 23oliviag1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275496486 The ammunition included bullet shells designed to explode over enemy lines, sending hundreds of small metal bullets. A metal rain, exploding outward, like a shotgun blast. This caused terrible wounds and many soldiers died.]]> 2018-08-27 11:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275496486 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275497235 Machine guns were the most impactful weapon in WW1 it killed over 7 million people. However many people were involved in firing-one to reload the ammunition and the rest to carry it around]]> 2018-08-27 11:50:20 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275497235 23oliviag1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275500141 a shell, and a hollow cylindrical projectile, finished cone-shaped, filled with explosive material. It is an ammunition fired by a cannon or a mortar. The part at the top of the projectile is called the bell.]]> 2018-08-27 12:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275500141 23oliviag1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275500477 Weapons of 20mm or more can fire shells. Normally created for attack cannons, anti-aircraft cannon or artillery, shells are often intended for special charge due to their volume.

]]> 2018-08-27 12:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275500477 Fun Fact 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275501586 The machine gun was invented by a British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim]]> 2018-08-27 12:14:11 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275501586 23oliviag1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275501763 The first shells tested date from the Middle Ages, Europe and China. They were later improved by Henry Shrapnel in 1784 and by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, who in 1795 developed a hollow bullet filled with explosive materials. The shells are also used for underwater hunting, or it designates a mechanical part called the crossbow. This is the metal part that secures the propellant elastics and the boom]]> 2018-08-27 12:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275501763 A few types of rifles 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275502631 The Lebel rifles- Was the basic French rifle. It was slow to load but had a large range of 8mm round
The British Pattern 14 Enfield - It had good accuracy and had a advantage over snipers.
The Mauser 8mm-It was flat shooting and deathly efficient, it was far superior to the Enfield Rifles
US Springfield- reliable and produced in a short-barreled version.
Austro-Hungarian Steyr-Mannlicher


]]> 2018-08-27 12:19:46 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275502631 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275507330 In the beginning all soldiers wore had the same type of rifles but as war proceeded, they started using more assorted range of rifles. ]]> 2018-08-27 12:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275507330 23bertinav1_2 https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275510438 Rifles]]> 2018-08-27 12:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/23oliviag1_2/8skx08q7jr3c/wish/275510438