weapons used on the western front

Question 1

aircraft

Answer 1

battle from the skiy was new and exciting

in 1915 a gear was invented that syncronised machine gun fire with the turn of the propellar

Question 2

tanks

Answer 2

could be used as protection as armour plating could withstand machine gun fire
throughout the war tanks developed becoming faster, smaller and lightweight
tanks where also developed too become mechanically more reliable

Question 3

rifles

Answer 3

the ‘lee enfield riffle’ had an effective killing range of 550
could only be used effetivly by well trained infentary men

Question 4

artilary

Answer 4

the most destructive weapon on the western front
explosive shells, shrapnel and poison gas could be fired at enemy lines destroying trenches, brarbed wire and heavily defended positions
army developed the creeping barrage which saw troops advance across no mans land under the safety of shell fire

Question 5

machine gun

Answer 5

ideal defensive weapon
the vickers machine gun could fire 600 rounds per minute
to survive machine gun fire trenches where esential
american lewis gun was also used by scots as it was lighter, more mobile and was eventually fit onto aircraft