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A NEW KIND OF WAR PART 2

A NEW KIND OF WAR PART 2. GUNS. rapid-fire machine guns were used early machine guns: were big & heavy needed a crew of four to six people to operate lacked cooling mechanisms shot 400-600 small caliber rounds per minute. GUNS. later machine guns were lighter & more portable

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A NEW KIND OF WAR PART 2

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  1. A NEW KIND OF WARPART 2

  2. GUNS • rapid-fire machine guns were used early machine guns: • were big & heavy • needed a crew of four to six people to operate • lacked cooling mechanisms • shot 400-600 smallcaliber rounds perminute

  3. GUNS • later machine guns were lighter & more portable • lighter weight, but still too heavy • 1918  guns for infantrymen now existed • lighter weight • lacked enough ammunition • by end of war, guns had been added to tanks, warships, & aircraft

  4. TANKS • aka: landships • armored vehicles • could cross rough battlefield terrain • such as no man’s land • first tank, “Little Willie” • 14 tons (weight) with 12-foot long track frames • space for three men (cramped) • maximum speed of 2 mph (on rough terrain)

  5. TANKS • first developed in Great Britain • France & the US soon became interested • not very reliable or useful at first • used later in the war • November 1917, Battle of Cambrai

  6. AIRCRAFT Uses of aircraft: • observe enemy positions • armed with machine guns & bombs • attacked battlefields & cities • attacked enemy planes (“dogfights”) • useful from beginning of war

  7. AIRCRAFT • most countries had few planes at start of war • production of planes increased rapidly • planes had to be easy to fly • first, designed for stability • later, designed for maneuverability • generals began including planes in planning

  8. FLY BOYS VIDEO

  9. SUBMARINES • U-boat: submarines used by Germans in WWI and WWII • Unterseeboot • developed by Germans • unrestricted submarine warfare • any ship traveling in water around Great Britain was subject to attack

  10. SUBMARINES • easy to attack without being seen • attack merchant ships • cut off (British) supply lines • Great Britain developed convoys • helped against threat of attack • United States entered war on Allied side • Americans had been killed because of unrestricted submarine warfare

  11. MISCELLANEOUS WEAPONS • flamethrower • different sizes for different circumstances

  12. grenade • detonate two different ways: impact or timed-fuse

  13. bayonet • had more of a psychological use

  14. mortar • could be fired from inside a trench

  15. Trench-made weapons

  16. On a sheet of paper… • Pick one of the following weapons: • machine gun • tank • airplane • submarine • Write the name of it (and your own) at the top of the paper. • Explain which weapon had the most profound affect on warfare. Minimum one paragraph

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