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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.
Pages in category "World War I infantry weapons of the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
These are types of guns used during World War I. The term "Gun" is used to describe a cannon that fires a shell at high velocity in a relatively flat trajectory and increases range by elevating the muzzle; this compares to a Howitzer , which fires a shell at lower velocity in a high trajectory.
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]
This meant that the gun had to be re-set into position each time it was fired. Long barrel recoil technology placed the gun within a barrel that included a system to absorb the momentum from firing the gun, allowing the weapon to remain stationary when it was fired. [3] Germany innovated the use of heavy artillery in the field army.
Russo Balt T 76mm AA gun [108] The Gun Carrier Mark I could transport a British field gun over difficult ground but in practice were used more for carrying supplies United Kingdom. Emplacement Destroyer No. 1, 1A, 2 & 3 * [79] Gun Carrier Mark I - carrier based on Mark I tank for 6-inch howitzer or 60-pdr gun. [109] Peerless armoured AA lorry [110]
Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."
In 1917, during the First World War, the armies on the Western Front continued to change their fighting methods, due to the consequences of increased firepower, more automatic weapons, decentralisation of authority and the integration of specialised branches, equipment and techniques into the traditional structures of infantry, artillery and cavalry.