Parts Of A Trench๐งฅ Flashcards
What were duckboards
Boards to stop soldiers from sinking in the mud
Firestep:
Soldier stoodon these to look out and fire over the top
Dugouts
Rooms dug out of the back of trenches
Dugouts
Rooms dug out of the back of trenches
Periscope
Enabled troops to look over the top
Barbed wire
Slowed down enemy troops
Machine gun
Rapid firing gun that mowed down enemy troops
Concrete bunker
Reinforced subterrean bunker
Artillery
Large guns that fired explosive or poisonous shells
Sandbags
Reinforced walls
Aeroplans
Helped spot targets for artillery
Communication trench
Linked the frontline trench to the reserve trenches
Reserve trench
Soldier went there to rest or wait to go back to the front
Gas bell
Rung to tell soldiers to put on thier masks
What are the 90ยฐ turns
Traverses