Weapons of WW1 by Gul Rukh https://padlet.com/g_ruk4915/k6ypwahnj2l en-us 2018-04-24 17:16:59 UTC 2018-04-24 17:42:04 UTC hello@padlet.com Machine Guns m_kea4501 https://padlet.com/g_ruk4915/k6ypwahnj2l/wish/254946855
The machine gun, which so came to dominate and even to personify the battlefields of World War One. Machine guns were very heavy to carry around and were taught in the gun battles. These guns were critical to the wars.]]> 2018-04-24 17:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/g_ruk4915/k6ypwahnj2l/wish/254946855 Tanks g_ruk4915 https://padlet.com/g_ruk4915/k6ypwahnj2l/wish/254947062
The tank was designed in 1770 by Richard Edgeworth. It was made to make it easier to manoeuvre around the battlefield's muddy terrain. ]]> 2018-04-24 17:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/g_ruk4915/k6ypwahnj2l/wish/254947062 Airplanes m_kea4501 https://padlet.com/g_ruk4915/k6ypwahnj2l/wish/254950432


A decade after the Wright brothers' historic flight at Kittyhawk, the demands of war transformed the airplane into a weapon of death. Made of wood, canvas and wire, these early fighters took to the air filled with gasoline, ammunition and the likelihood that too steep a dive would rip the wings to shreds.
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The gases used in World War 1 were harsh but effective. They weren't really gas "but minute solid particles suspended in air like the spray from an aerosol can."  Many were very scared of it.

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