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In World War I, aircraft were initially intended for aerial reconnaissance, however some pilots began to carry rifles in case they spotted enemy planes.Soon, planes were fitted with machine guns with a variety of mountings; initially the only guns were carried in the rear cockpit supplying defensive fire (this was employed by two-seat aircraft all through the war).
Anti-tank weapons. Becker 2cm M2 Tankabwehrgewehr; DWM 1.32cm MG 18 Tank und Flieger; Mauser 1.3cm M1918 Tankgewehr; Rheinmetall 3.7cm M1918 Tankabwehrkanone; Anti-aircraft weapons. Becker 2cm M2 Flugzeugabwehrgewehr; DWM 1.32cm MG 18 Tank und Flieger; Krupp 3.7cm L/14.5 Sockelflugzeugabwehrkanone; Krupp 7.62cm L/30 Flugzeugabwehrkanone
Ehrhardt E-V/4 [11] (early version 1915 and late version 1917 armored car) Ehrhardt Gepanzerter triebwagen [citation needed] 1917 (armored railcar) Lanz Gleiskettenschlepper [citation needed] 1918 (supply carrier) Leicht kampfwagen II [12] 1918 (light tank that was rarely used conducting escorts and never saw combat)
Lacking an indigenous aviation industry, the Ottoman Empire primarily relied on Germany for aircraft, although a number of French pre-war aircraft were used in the early part of the war. The Ottoman Empire also operated two Avro 504 light fighter reconnaissance aircraft. Later on, they were used as trainer aircraft
The Fokker Eindecker fighters were a series of German World War I monoplane single-seat fighter aircraft designed by Dutch engineer Anthony Fokker. [2] Developed in April 1915, the first Eindecker ("Monoplane") was the first purpose-built German fighter aircraft and the first aircraft to be fitted with a synchronization gear, enabling the pilot to fire a machine gun through the arc of the ...
Out of a paper strength of about 230 aircraft belonging to the army in August 1914 only 180 or so were of any use. [6] The French military aviation exercises of 1911, 1912, and 1913 had pioneered cooperation with the cavalry (reconnaissance) and artillery (spotting), but the momentum was, if anything, slacking. [7]
The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-30084-X. Davis, Mick (1999). Sopwith Aircraft. Ramsbury, Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press. ISBN 1-86126217-5. Driver, Hugh (1997). The Birth of Military Aviation: Britain 1903-1914. Woodbridge: The Boydel Press for the Royal Historical Society. ISBN 0-86193234-X.
During the Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919, the Romanian Army used an armored car of native design and construction. The car used the chassis of a commercial truck, possibly from one of the Renault trucks received in 1916. Presumably, the design and construction of this machine took place at the end of 1918 and were finished in 1919.