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An even more ingenious American design was the Guiberson periscope rifle, which featured a pop-out stock with a built-in periscope. [28] The Dutch designed the M.95 Loopgraafgeweer (Trench gun) based on the Dutch Mannlicher service rifle. It saw service with the Royal Netherlands Army from 1916 until World War II. [29]
The US rifle, Model of 1903 is 44 + 7 ⁄ 8 inches (1.14 m) long and weighs 8 lb 11 oz (3.9 kg). A bayonet can be attached; the M1905 bayonet blade is 16 in (410 mm) long and weighs 1 pound (0.45 kg). From 1906, the rifle was chambered to fire the .30 caliber M1906 cartridge (.30-06 cartridge), later the M1 (1926) and M2 ball (1938) rounds ...
Rifles. Mauser Model 1871; Mannlicher M1888; Mannlicher M1890 carbine; Siamese Mauser style rifle (Standard issue rifle) Machine gun. 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)
The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Model 97, M97, Riot Gun, or Trench Gun, is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. The Model 1897 was an evolution of the Winchester Model 1893 designed by John Browning. From 1897 until 1957, over one million of these ...
The trenches were inhabited by millions of rats which were often responsible for the spread of diseases. Soldiers' attempts to cull hordes of trench rats with rifle bayonets were common early in the war, but the rats reproduced faster than they could be slaughtered. [67] However, soldiers still partook in rat hunts as a form of entertainment.
As with all contemporary bolt-action rifles, it was a powerful and accurate rifle with long range that was poorly suited for the close quarter fighting of trench warfare. The considerable length of the rifle and the minimum sight setting of 400 meters (far in excess of the typical range in trench battles) were particular handicaps.
7.7 cm FK 96 (field gun) 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. (field gun) 7.7 cm FK 16 (field gun) 7.7 cm Kanone in Haubitzelafette (field gun on howitzer carriage) 8 cm Kanone C/73; 8 cm Kanone C/80; 8.8 cm Flak 16 (anti-aircraft gun) 9 cm Kanone C/73; 9 cm Kanone C/79; 10 cm K 04; 10 cm K 14; 10 cm K 17; 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze 98/09 (field howitzer) 10.5 cm ...
In British and Canadian military argot it equates to a range of terms including slit trench, or fire trench (a trench deep enough for a soldier to stand in), a sangar (sandbagged fire position above ground) or shell scrape (a shallow depression that affords protection in the prone position), or simply—but less accurately—as a "trench".