weapons used during world w ar 1

Weapons Used during World War 1

Rifles were the main weapon used by British soldiers.

Rifles

Planes

Planes were used for the first time.

At first they were used to deliver bombs and for spying work but later it became a fighter aircraft armed with machine guns and bombs.

Gas

The German army were the first to use chlorine gas at the battle in 1915.

Mustard gas was the most deadly weapon used.

Aircrafts

Germans used zeppelins during the early part of the war.

Submarines Submarines were used to bomb other ships that

were coming to their border.

Masks

Soldiers wore masks to protect themselves from poisonous gases such as mustard gas.

Grenades

Grenades are hollow iron balls filled with gunpowder.

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