Weponary of WW1 vs WW2 by Jacob Hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez The Evolution en-us 2017-05-31 01:56:41 UTC 2024-02-02 20:12:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png WW1 Weponary jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532543 2017-05-31 01:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532543 WW2 Weponary jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532564 2017-05-31 01:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532564 Rifles jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532691 Allies:
- Lee-Enfield .303 (Britain and Commonwealth)
- Lebel and Berthier 8mm (France)
-  Mannlicher-Carcano M1891, 6.5mm (Italy)
- Mosin-Nagant M1891 7.62 (Russia)
- Springfield 1903 .30–06 (USA)

Central Powers:
- Steyr-Mannlicher M95 (Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria)
- Mauser M98G 7.92mm (Germany)
-  Mauser M1877 7.65mm (Turkey)]]> 2017-05-31 02:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532691 Machine guns jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532720 Almost all machine guns used in WW1 was based off of the Hiram Maxim’s 1884 design]]> 2017-05-31 02:00:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532720 Flamethrowers jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532746 Uses of flamethrowers date as far back as ancient China.
Germany used the most amount of flamerthrowers in WW1 and equipted 3,000 "Flammenwerfer"  (soldiers equipped with flamethrowers)]]> 2017-05-31 02:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532746 Mortars jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532764 British: based all of their mortars off the Stokes mortar design in 1915

Germany: developed their own mortar known as a minenwerfer, or “mine thrower”

]]> 2017-05-31 02:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532764 Poison gas jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532806 Germany:
cylinders containing chlorine gas

After Germany first weaponize and used chemical gases in WW1 it was then outlawed by international law]]> 2017-05-31 02:01:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532806 Artillery (including tank) jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532825 British: “Little Willie” (Tank)

The first tank was used by the British in WW1 and arguably one of the biggest weaponry inventions/innovations of the modern day]]> 2017-05-31 02:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532825 Aircraft jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532866 Germany: Zeppelin

"Early aircraft were flimsy, kite-like designs of lightweight wood, fabric and wires. The 80–120 horsepower engines used in 1914 produced top speeds of 100 mph or less; four years later speed had nearly doubled"]]> 2017-05-31 02:01:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532866 Navy jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532885 Germany: developed their own warships known as the Unterzeeboats (Undersea boats, or U-boats)

British: used longer-range U-boats


]]> 2017-05-31 02:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532885 Sources jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532898 2017-05-31 02:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174532898 Bombs jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533155 United States:
The famous atomic bomb]]> 2017-05-31 02:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533155 Pistols jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533198 United States:
 .45 caliber M1911

Germans:
 .38 caliber Walther

British: 
 .38 caliber Webley and Enfield 2

Soviets:
Nagent revolver 1895 and Tokarev pistol

Italy:    
Beretta  .33 caliber

Japan:
Nambu Type 94

]]> 2017-05-31 02:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533198 Rifles jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533243 United States:
Garand M1 (John Garand)

British:     
Lee Enfield NO. 4 AND 5

Italy:       
Mannlicher Modello 91

Japan:   
Arisaka, Meiji, Mosin ( Copy of the German Mauser rifl 38")

Germany:
Karabiner 98K, 

]]> 2017-05-31 02:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533243 Flame Thrower jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533299 2017-05-31 02:05:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533299 Artillery (including tanks) jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533371 Weapons include:

 - Bazooka
- Self-propelled rocket launcher
- Mortars
- Howitzer (German)
- U.S. Chaffee tank 
- British Churchill tank
- V2 Rocket
- Stuart M1 (used by British in North Africa)
- Stuart M5
- 1939 KV-1   
- "Panther" tank
- "Tiger" tank]]> 2017-05-31 02:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533371 Mines jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533377 - "S" mines (known as bouncing Betty)
- Japanese would bury box's with grenades and metal fragments, they would use trip wires to trigger the boxes

]]> 2017-05-31 02:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533377 Navy jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533499 Famous Warships:
- HMS Hood
- HMS Barham
- HMS Prince of Wales
- HMS Queen Elizabeth
- HMS Nelson
- Italian battleship Conte di Cavour
- Italian battleship Caio Duilio
- SS Andrea Doria
- USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
- USS Arizona
- USS Utah
- HMS Furious
- HMS Eagle
- USS Nevada (BB-36)
- German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin
- SMS Schleswig-Holstein
- German Type IX 
- Italian battleship Roma
- Italian battleship Littorio
- Archimede-class 
]]> 2017-05-31 02:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533499 Sources jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533550 2017-05-31 02:07:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174533550 Machine Guns jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174535752 United States:
"Tommy Gun" (M1 model)

Britain: 
Thompson gun and the Sten gun.

Germany:
the MP 40
  

]]> 2017-05-31 02:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174535752 Hand Grenades jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174536274 United States:
Frag Grenade

Everyone else:
Most other counties used similar grenades as the "frag grenade" but also used home made hand grenades often called "cocktails"]]> 2017-05-31 02:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174536274 Aircraft Carriers jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174641886 Essex-class aircraft carrier

Essex-class aircraft carrier

Yorktown-class aircraft carrier

Lexington-class aircraft carrier

Illustrious-class aircraft carrier

Implacable-class aircraft carrier

Unryū-class aircraft carrier
]]> 2017-05-31 15:15:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174641886 Fighter Planes jacob_hauswirth https://padlet.com/jacob_hauswirth/hyq88tzq7vez/wish/174642781 Fighter aircraft
  • Biplane fighters
  • Single-engined, single-seat monoplane fighters and fighter bombers
  • Heavy fighters (multi-engined or multi-seat) and night fighters
  • Jet- and rocket- propelled fighters
Bomber and attack aircraft
  • Heavy bombers and maritime patrol
  • Medium bombers
  • Light bombers, tactical reconnaissance and observation aircraft
  • Carrier-based naval bombers
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