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  2. Technology during World War I - Wikipedia

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    Perhaps the most famous fighter plane during World War 1 was the Fokker as it was the first to include a synchronized machine gun. [23] [24] [25] Towards the end of the conflict, aircraft carriers were used for the first time, with HMS Furious launching Sopwith Camels in a raid to destroy the Zeppelin hangars at Tønder in 1918. [26]

  3. List of combat vehicles of World War I - Wikipedia

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    They were developed to break through barbed wire and destroy enemy machine gun posts. The British and the French were the major users of tanks during the war; tanks were a lower priority for Germany as it assumed a defensive strategy. The few tanks that Germany built were outnumbered by the number of French and British tanks captured and reused.

  4. List of infantry weapons of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Gatling gun (Pre World War 1) Field guns. Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun; Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903; Naval artillery. BL 6-inch gun Mk V (Coast defence gun) Empire of Japan.

  5. Artillery of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The long barrel recoil technology incorporated by the French into the 75 mm field gun revolutionized artillery and made previous artillery obsolete. However, early in the war, the French over-relied on this gun under the assumption that it was the only artillery they needed.

  6. Tanks in World War I - Wikipedia

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    De Mole made more proposals to the War Office in 1914 and 1916, with a culminating proposal in late 1917, accompanied by a huge one-eighth scale model, but all fell on substantially-deaf ears. De Mole's proposal already had the climbing face, which was so typical of the later World War I British tanks, but it is unknown whether there was some ...

  7. History of military technology - Wikipedia

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    Militaries turned to scientists and engineers for even newer technologies, but the introduction of tanks and aircraft had only a marginal impact; the use of poison gas made a tremendous psychological impact, but decisively favored neither side. The war ultimately turned on maintaining adequate supplies of materials, a problem also addressed by ...

  8. Aviation in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The 517 Hp 18 cylinder Mercedes D.VI engine was the strongest aeroengine which was ever developed during WW1. By the end of 1914 the line between the Imperial German Army and the Allied powers stretched from the North Sea to the Alps. The initial "war of movement" largely ceased, and the front became static.

  9. Category:Military equipment of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Technology during World War I; Trench boot; Trench watch; W. Gas attacks at Wulverghem This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 11:39 (UTC). Text is ...