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This 5 page paper discusses some of the weapons used in the First World War. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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in weapons. This paper considers the types of weapons used in the First World War. Discussion When World War I is discussed, it is usually because it is the conflict
most closely associated with trench warfare. The dreadful battles in France went on for months, as troops attacked and counterattacked, winning and losing a few feet of ground at the
cost of hundreds of thousands of lives. Trench warfare actually goes back to the 17th century, and was used off and on in the American Civil War (Chambers, 2000). But
it is WWI that reveals the full horror of this type of warfare. World War I also saw the development and deployment of the tank, though its record on
the battlefield was mixed (Duffy, 2009). The British were the first to deploy this weapon; two men in particular supported its development, both of whom would become Prime Minister: David
Lloyd George and Winston Churchill (Duffy, 2009). Although tanks were not used extensively until the end of the war, they resulted in significant changes to warfare; in fact, Duffy says
it was the tank that put an end to trench warfare, since the trench was no defense against these monsters (2009). Also, something very interesting is the fact that the
tanks in WWI were developed by the British and French in the hundreds, but the Germans remained skeptical of their value and produced only 20, despite their expertise in technological
matters (Duffy, 2009). Matt Doeden writes that rifles were vital weapons for the infantry in this war; American troops were armed with the Springfield M1903 and the Germans used the
Mauser; rifles are used when targets are distant (Doeden, 2009). The troops also used bayonets on their rifles for hand-to-hand fighting and they were also armed with pistols for closer
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