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Edged weapons. Kukri knife (Used by Gurkha regiments) M1907 bayonet; Pattern P1897 officer's sword; ... Gatling gun (Pre World War 1) Field guns. Krupp 50mm Mountain Gun;
The artillery of World War I, improved over that used in previous wars, influenced the tactics, operations, and strategies that were used by the belligerents. This led to trench warfare and encouraged efforts to break the resulting stalemate at the front. World War I raised artillery to a new level of importance on the battlefield.
Leicht kampfwagen II [12] 1918 (light tank that was rarely used conducting escorts and never saw combat) Mannesmann Motoren und Lastwagen AG panzerkraftwagen [13] 1916 (armored truck) Nacke 3.5t 1913 (supply truck) Nacke 5t 1915 (supply truck) NSU 3 1.2 PS [14] 1914 (sidecar motorcycle) Opel 4t 1915 (supply truck) Porsche Generatorzugwagen [15 ...
Chemical weapons were deployed by all major belligerents throughout the war, inflicting approximately 1.3 million casualties, of which about 90,000 were fatal. [259] The use of chemical weapons in warfare was a direct violation of the 1899 Hague Declaration Concerning Asphyxiating Gases and the 1907 Hague Convention on Land Warfare, which ...
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Pages in category "World War I infantry weapons of the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
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.
The 150 mm Krupp M1891/16 L/25 is one example. According to one photography dated October 1916, at least five such guns were converted for field use. Seven new heavy artillery regiments were formed. By 1918, the heaviest Romanian fortress guns had been converted for field use, as exemplified by the Iași (Krupp) Model 1888/1918 210 mm howitzer. [9]