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French ships used similarly standardized caliber guns of 36-pound, 24-pounders, 18-pounders, 12-pounders, and 8-pounders, augmented by carronades and smaller pieces. The word pound in this context refers to the French pre-metric unit of weight - the livre , which was 7.916 percent more than the English/British equivalent; thus, as an example ...
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 ...
Ships built before 1900 had effective ranges of around 2,000 yd (1,800 m), whereas the first "new" ships were good to at least 8,000 yd (7,300 m), and modern designs to over 10,000 yd (9,100 m) [citation needed]. A new class of ship, the battlecruiser, appeared just before the war. The British designs were armed like their heavier dreadnought ...
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 ...
Elephant gun (Ad hoc use against sniper armour) Enfield Pattern P1914; Farquhar–Hill Pattern P1918 (Troop trials only) Farquharson M1872 [citation needed] Lee–Enfield Magazine Mk I; Lee–Enfield Short Magazine Mk I, Mk II and Mk III; Lee–Metford Mk I and Mk II; Lee–Speed No.1 and No.2; Mauser–Verqueiro M1904 (Used by South African units)
Military Field Artillery Numbers by Country in 1914 . 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 ...
Many were suitable for use in one hand, while others were larger and were deployed two-handed. Axes designed for warfare ranged in weight from just over 0.5 to 3 kg (1 to 7 lb), and in length from just over 30 cm (1 ft) to upwards of 150 cm (5 ft), as in the case of the Danish axe or the sparth axe .
World War I weapons of the United States (2 C) Pages in category "World War I military equipment of the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.