World War I weapons?

Question

How did the new developments in weapons technology during world war I and describe its impact on the actual condunct of war

Answer 1

World War I was the first modern war, the first one in which technology played a critical, determining role, whether it be poison gas, airplanes, machine guns, or tanks, all of which played important roles in the conflict. Machine guns made troop advancements suicide missions, so the war bogged down into "trench warfare" where advances were measured in feet, rather than miles. Poison gas (often dropped from airplanes) cleared enemy trenches and made short advances possible, but the tank was what really shook things up. It was bullet proof and could advance through the barbed wire fortifications of the threnches and made long advances possible once again. It more than anything else, was the weapon that won the war.

Answer 2

Great question. However, none of the weapons except for gas and tanks, were newly introduced in WW1.
The real issue were tactics and communications didn't keep up with the technology of the time. Magazine-fed rifles, machine guns, and long range artillery were around in the Boer, Russo-Japanese, and Balkan Wars. Aircraft were used in reconnaissance and bombing by the Italians in Libya in 1991-12.
None of the major European powers considered these developments important enough to plan for them, when war came in 1914.
This increased firepower made defensive works and tactics more powerful than the offense. This was the exact opposite that General Staffs had theorized would be the case. Some folks look at the huge casualties as a factor, but the military forces of the time, regardless of rank, were imbued with the idea that ground combat would incur horrendous losses. It took several years of static, essentially siege, warfare until new tools (tanks) and techniques (infiltration tactics) finally broke the stalemate.

Answer 3

It was the time when cars, trucks, planes, and let's not forget tanks, were coming into use. They started off on horses, but by the time they were through, it had become the first oil war. World War I wasn't completely laid to rest and that led to World War II. Most people don't even realize that World War II was mostly about oil. The Americans quit selling oil to the Japanese because of the atrocities they were commiting in China and other places. The Japanese decided to seize the oil fields in what is now part of Indonesia, and to that end, they sank the American fleet at Pearl Harbor. They sank the fleet in shallow water where most of the ships could be raised and repaired. They got the oil fields, but they couldn't get the oil home because American planes and submarines kept sinking their tankers. By the end of the war, they were trying to make aviation fuel out of pine tree roots. Unfortunately for them, the finished product was useless. The Germans attacked their ally Russia to try to seize their oil fields. It lead to a horrible defeat for Germany. At the end of the war, they had a hard time coming up with enough gasoline to cremate Hitler. Ninety years later we're still fighting about oil. Happy SUV.

Answer 4

The water cooled machine gun, rifled artillery, gas and the Sub had the biggest impact on the war.

Planes were still mainly recon, some bombing but not much of an impact. The mostly fought against other planes.

The Tank was not used well, too heavy for conditions, always getting stuck.

Answer 5

Some conventional weapons, such as the BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) were'nt used even though they were available, because they were such a good weapon, and they didnt want the Germans to get ahold of them and replicate them. Other non-conventional including chemical warfare with things like mustard and chlorine gas, created needs for gasmasks and spurred the creation of the Geneva Convention, which dictated the "rules" of war

Answer 6

each and every man or woman looks to have forgotten the jap had stepped ahead the Atom bomb yet, did not have the "Heavy water" for it. The Germans, close to the right of the conflict, were in truth sending the Heavy water plus different aspects mandatory for the production of the Atom Bomb. 2 submarines standard to be carring (German U-boats) those aspects were sunk interior the Pacific through the British, headed for Japan. the jap also had cluster bombs that were of the incendiary form. They were made to drift over the wind currents into the U.S. and then, with a barometer device, drop from 1000's of ft. those spark off more desirable then various woodland fires in Oregon. the jap also stepped ahead a bomb mainly to bomb the Panama Canal and give up the deployment of delivery. The bomb became despatched to the realm yet, the planes wearing it were shot down. the jap stepped ahead the Kamikaze pilots that had basically adequate preparation to get the airplane interior the air. they did not actually have touchdown wheels for them, it became really a one way holiday. i believe it became in the course of the conflict of halfway they used those planes to an result. in the route of the right of WW2 the jap had to bypass to timber bullets through shortages of substances.

Answer 7

Try reading your text book.