im doing a project on the first world war and i need a list of defensive weapons note DEFENSIVE as in to keep away the enemy
2006-10-28 23:35:42 · 11 answers · asked by aequus_bellum 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
There are going to be people who do not like my answer but once they think about it they will realize I am correct.
All offensive weapons would be used as a defensive weapons.
It would depend on which side of the war you were fighting at the time. Some times the same troops who one day were fighting defensively. The next day the troops were fighting offensively.
It is all semantics and who wins the war and writes the history books.
Rifles
Machine guns
Pistols
Tanks - they were crude more like an apc with a howitzer mounted on it.
War ships
Trenches
Poison Gases - Mustard, Tear
Land minds
Swords
Bayonets
Flamethrowers
Grenades
Bombs dropped by biplanes
See following web sites for additional information
www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/927.html
http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/927.html
www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/weapons.htm
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/weapons.htm
www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry
http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWweapons.htm
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWweapons.htm
Best of luck on your report
2006-10-29 00:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by pj_gal 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't you hate it when someone writes to tell you they do not know? There is a difference between offensive weapons versus defensive ones especially in that time period. For some due to technology it was their last time they would be used or classified as a weapon for example Trench warfare. The tank was designed to break through the enemy lines and would thusly be classified an offensive weapon. However, the Imperial War Museum, British Museum for the Great War, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, and the Smithsonian lists these as the defensive weapons of the Great War:
Trenches (includes barbed wire)
Bayonet
Incendiary weapons
Surface Ships
Railways
Gas
Number 1 machine gun
God Bless You and The Southern People.
2006-10-29 01:45:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
In addition, the very first "tanks" were used by the British. They were supposed to be a new secret weapon, so the builders were told they were actually building water "tanks"....thus the name tank was used for the machine. The Germans followed suit with their own tank shortly thereafter.
2006-10-29 00:02:08 · answer #3 · answered by corvette 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes a tank can be a defensive weapon when it placed in front of city to defend it. A tank can also be a offensive weapon when it is used against a city to destroy it.
2006-10-29 04:43:33 · answer #4 · answered by D W 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
good job pj_gal, and to southron 98 dude get a clue - apparently you have no clue, read your history,learn when it is defensive and when it is offensive,also learn about stratagies and who writes the history. i hope i never have to go into battle with you , afterall think about it the south did loose the civil war and the south shall only rise again when it's below the belt.
2006-10-29 06:44:21 · answer #5 · answered by grim_reaper_69 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As you don't make specific what countries weapons you are writing about, I'll just be general.....
The Maxim Machine Gun
The Hotchkiss Machine Gun
The Shosha(spelling?) Machine gun.
A number of anti-personnel mines(land mines)
Poison gases--Tear Gas---Mustard Gas
Look, just go to the Military Chanel.com or
The History Chanel.com and there you should find what you're looking for.
2006-10-28 23:43:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-28 07:33:29 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trenches, mustard gas, mines, grenades, barbed wire are the only ones i can think of. Hope this helps.
2006-10-28 23:41:56 · answer #8 · answered by deathdealer 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Trenches??
2006-10-28 23:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by PS Drummer 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the most used were trenches and barbed wire, land mines, machine gun nests
2006-10-28 23:41:16 · answer #10 · answered by oldguy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋