Weapons And New Technology

Question 1

Submarines

Answer 1

Attack allied shipping, primarily through use of deck guns not torpedoes

Question 2

Machine Gun

Answer 2

Anti-personnel, used against massed infantry

Question 3

Artillery

Answer 3

Large Caliber weapon capable of direct (gun) or indirect (howitzer) fire- 37mm-42cm

Question 4

GRENADES

Answer 4

o Small, explosive device thrown or projected to cause burst and shrapnel damage to enemy
• Percussion (contact) or time fuse
• Old weapon found new use in trench warfare
 Often referred to as “bombs”

Question 5

Aircraft

Answer 5

o 100mph, monoplane, biplane and tri-plane configurations. Constructed of canvas stretched over wooden frame
• Single pilot fighter to several men in a bomber
• Typically armed with machine guns
• Initially used for observation, later fighters and bombers

Question 6

Submarines

Answer 6

Attack allied shipping, primarily through use of deck guns not torpedoes

Question 7

Convoy system

Answer 7

o Using armed ships such as destroyers and armed merchant vessels to protect unarmed transport ships from submarines
o A tactic not a technology

Question 8

TANKS & ARMOUR

Answer 8

o Tracked, armoured vehicle armed with machine guns and/or cannons
• Used to assault trenches, destroy barbed wire obstacles, machine gun nests
• 2 (6.5t) crew to 16 (32t) crews; 3-8mph

Question 9

CHEMICAL WARFARE

Answer 9

o	Chemical gas used to incapacitate or kill enemy. An attempt to find a breakthrough weapon to end stalemate
•	Mustard, chlorine and “tear  gas”
•	Horrible wounds and death
•	Initially just “sprayed”
•	Hard to control