What is Weapons of World War I?
[[File:A Finnish Maxim M-32 machine gun nest during the Winter War.jpg|thumb|What heavy machine gun look like in the winter.]] [[File:Vickers Machine Gun YORCM CA78ac.JPG|thumb|This picture shows the Vickers machine gun, which was used in the WWI.]] Major advances were made to [[weapon]] [[technology]] during [[World War I]]. There were better [[grenade]]s, [[flame thrower]]<nowiki/>s, [[poison gas]], and [[artillery]]. The [[submarine]], [[warplane]] and the [[tank]] were new weapons.<ref>Tucker, Spencer C. (1998) ''The Great War: 1914-18''. Bloomington: Indiana University Press; p. 11</ref> Both sides used a much better [[heavy machine gun]] than they had used before in Europe. Four to six people worked one. They fired 400 to 600 bullets per minute. The machine guns got too hot and needed water on them. This kind of gun was invented in 1884 by Hiram Maxim.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maxim machine gun|url=https://www.britannica.com/technology/Maxim-machine-gun|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> The German version was the MG08. The British used the [[Vickers machine gun]], which was very safe and easy to use. The machine guns changed how war went; and killed many soldiers. Because they sometimes got too hot, they could be slow. In case that one of the crew of the machine gun were shot, the whole squad were trained to fill their spot. As the war progressed, more [[machine gun]]<nowiki/>s were used in [[trench warfare]] in combination with [[barbed wire]] defensive positions, making them the most deadly weapon on the battle field. The normal [[British]] army rifle was the Lee Enfield 0.303. This was made in 1907 by James Lee. The [[Lee-Enfield|Lee Enfield]] could fire twelve bullets per minute. The [[Germans]] used the Mauser rifle made in 1898 by Paul Mauser. This was an excellent rifle, but it only held five bullets. == References == {{reflist}} {{Weapons}} {{multistub|history|tech}} [[Category:Firearms]]