Weaponry & Technology

Question 1

Basic weapon for infantry

Answer 1

Lee Enfield

Question 2

When was Lee Enfield introduced?

Answer 2

1903

pre-war

Question 3

What was the Lee Enfield described as?

Answer 3

best combat rifle issued to any army

Question 4

How many Vickers machine guns did each battalion have in 1915?

Answer 4

4

Question 5

How many Vickers machine guns did each battalion have in 1918?

Answer 5

64

Question 6

Why was the Lewis machine gun effective?

Answer 6

very light

Question 7

What was a limitation with the Lewis machine gun?

Answer 7

prone to stoppages

Question 8

How many Lewis machine guns did each platoon have in Somme?

Answer 8

atleast 1

Question 9

By end of 1916 how many Lewis machine guns did each platoon have?

Answer 9

another 8

Question 10

When were the Mills bombs developed?

Answer 10

1915

Question 11

By how much did gun production increase 1915-18?

Answer 11

X3

Question 12

What % of all casualties was the artillery responsible for?

Answer 12

70%

Question 13

Name a location / battle where trench tunnels were secretly constructed to have mines under enemy trenches?

Answer 13

Messiness Ridge (1917)

Question 14

Top speed of British tanks

Answer 14

5mph

Question 15

What did the Germans develop against tanks

Answer 15

armour piercing bullets

Question 16

number of tanks used at somme

Answer 16

49

Question 17

Number of tanks used at Amiens

Answer 17

400

Question 18

Number of tanks operational within 4 days of their start at Amiens

Answer 18

6

Question 19

Number of planes at beginning of war in total between armies

Answer 19

200-300

Question 20

By 1918 how many planes were there within WW1

Answer 20

8,000

Question 21

What was the month of several British air defeats coined?

Answer 21

“Bloody April”

Question 22

What happened in Bloody April

Answer 22

30% losses of airforce every week

Question 23

Year RAF was established

Answer 23

1918

Question 24

Production of Mills Bombs in 1916 weekly

Answer 24

0.5million

Question 25

When was the Mills bomb revised?

Answer 25

1917

Question 26

What did the revision of the Mills bomb reduce the number of?

Answer 26

Duds

Question 27

Chemical warfare was first used by who and when

Answer 27

Germans in April Ypres 1915

Question 28

When did the British first use poisonous gas?

Answer 28

September 1915

Question 29

What battle did the British use the tactic of poisonous gas at first?

Answer 29

Battle of Loo's

Question 30

When was steel helmet introduced for Tommys

Answer 30

1915

Question 31

How many Lee Enfield Riffles produced throughout war

Answer 31

2million

Question 32

When were Mine Sinkers developed

Answer 32

1916

Question 33

Another name for Mine Sinkers

Answer 33

Mark 8

Question 34

How many Mine Sinkers developed during war

Answer 34

50,000

Question 35

How many Stokes Mortars at beginning of war

Answer 35

0

Question 36

Cost of producing a stokes mortar

Answer 36

only £40

Question 37

Which general notoriously accepted technology advancements?

Answer 37

Haig

Question 38

Name X2 artillery developments under Haig

Answer 38

- smokeless powder | - Fuse 106

Question 39

What was fuse 106 able to do? What was its limitation?

Answer 39

cut through barbed wire most shells not equipped with it

Question 40

What made creeping barrages difficult?

Answer 40

communications as limited use of radio

Question 41

Which battle contrasts to the Somme and shows artillery development led by Rawlinson?

Answer 41

Amiens

Question 42

Name of the biggest UK munitions company WW1

Answer 42

Elswick Works, Newcastle

Question 43

Where and which company set up to tackle shell deficiency in 1915 within 5 months?

Answer 43

East Cumberland Shell Factory

Question 44

Which area in Scotland was the largest provider of Britain's vessels?

Answer 44

Clydeside

Question 45

% of BEF the cavalry made up in 1914

Answer 45

8%

Question 46

% of BEF cavalry made up in 1918

Answer 46

1%

Question 47

Ratio of those in the war who were killed

Answer 47

1 in 8

Question 48

Ratio of those in the war who were wounded

Answer 48

1 in 4

Question 49

What was the main difference between 1918 offensives and those earlier in the war?

Answer 49

took place across a wide front centre of attack repeatedly switched = Britain more flexible and mobile