New Technology Flashcards
Name all main weapons that were new technology
Tanks , machine guns , heavy artillery , gas and planes
What were planes used for
Planes were used to gather valuable information about the enemy and their trench systems/layouts. This was called reconnaissance. It wasn’t until later that planes were fitted with machine guns
What were tanks used for
It was a revolutionary invention
because it was the first vehicle that could carry men across no-man’s-land.
Some were armed with machine guns
What was the weakness of tanks
Thetankwasanewweaponthatwasinventedin1915
by a British farmer. It could only move at 6km an hour
and often broke down
What were machine guns used for
They were used to move men easily down and get land
Why were machine guns effective
it could fire 600bullets a minute
What was a weakness of machine guns
They were heavy and needed 2 men to operate
What time of poison gas was used
Chlorine gas which suffocated the lungs
Why was gas effective
It could move men down
What was a weakness of gas
Gas’s weakness was that the gas mask was quickly invented so it became ineffective
Heavy artillery use
Heavy artillery wasusedtobombardenemytrenchesbeforeandduring attacks. Heavy artillery made it harder to get through no-man’s-land and warned the enemy an attack was about to begin. They also gave some men ‘shell-shock’ which was a kind of mental breakdown caused by the stresses and experiences of battle.
