My artistic grid by Chadean Anthony - Lincoln Alexander SS (2132) https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2019-02-20 14:08:56 UTC 2019-02-20 14:40:09 UTC hello@padlet.com weapons of world war 1 777972 https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333180043 2019-02-20 14:16:16 UTC https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333180043 Machine Guns 777972 https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333181690 The machine gun, which so came to dominate and even to personify the battlefields of World War One, was a fairly primitive device when general war began in August 1914. Machine guns of all armies were largely of the heavy variety and decidedly ill-suited to portability for use by rapidly advancing infantry troops.]]> 2019-02-20 14:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333181690 grenades 777972 https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333183112 Trench warfare. ... The application of infantry rifles, rifled artillery with hydraulic recoil mechanisms, zigzag trenches and machine guns made it difficult or nearly impossible to cross defended ground. The hand grenade, long used in crude form, developed rapidly as an aid in attacking trenches.]]> 2019-02-20 14:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333183112 Poison Gas 777972 https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333184218 he first instance of large-scale use of gas as weapon was on 31 January 1915, when Germany fired 18,000 artillery shells containing liquid xylyl bromide tear gas on Russian positions on the Rawka River, west of Warsaw during the Battle of Bolimov. ... The first killing agent was chlorine, used by the German military.]]> 2019-02-20 14:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333184218 tanks 777972 https://padlet.com/777972/uv1859tibu5l/wish/333185582 The first use of tanks on the battlefield was the use of British Mark I tanks at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (part of the Battle of the Somme) on 15 September 1916, with mixed results; many broke down, but nearly a third succeeded in breaking through.

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Airplanes, products of the new technology, were primarily made of canvas, wood, and wire. At first they were used only to observe enemy troops. As their effectiveness became apparent, both sides shot planes down with artillery from the ground and with rifles, pistols, and machine guns from other planes.

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