Five new weapons used in World War 1? What do u think was the most significant weapon? why?

Answer 1

1) The tank
2) The machine gun
3) The airplane
4) Chemical munitions
5) The submarine

Out of these five, I'd have to say that the most significant was the machine gun. Use of the machine gun is what drove the troops into trench warfare; for the first time in history, two men with one weapon were capable of decimating an entire company of soldiers. This kind of firepower made the tactics of the time immediately obsolete and was a major factor in the high body count on both sides of the conflict.

Answer 2

I'm not putting them in a top ten list order. The newest tech of WWI.
1. Machine Guns ( US deplyed MG in Spanish-American War know as the Potato Digger)
2. Dreadnoughts
3. Submarine
4. Airplanes
5. Tanks
6. Flamethrower
7. Poison Gas
8. Shotgun ( The US Deployed Shotguns for fighting in the Trenches. Yes shotguns were used before but not Officially placed in the Arsenal of an Army. The guys before brought them from home, or bought them while in service.)
9. Modern Artillery like the French 75
10. Torpedo

What do I think is the most Significant weapon?
1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10

Each one change warfare forever
1 made WWI the way it was

3. allowed the Germans to get through the blockade and strike at British Convoys

4. Influenced the battlefield through Intel or hitting the enemy with bombs

5. Broke the deadlock of the trenches

7. This weapon made us put rules in war ( Geneva Convention)

9. Made artillery more effective and a lot more powerful. ( Shell Shock)

10. No torpedo, Subs were a stealth boat with a weak gun

Answer 3

1. Fighter Aircraft
2. Light Machine Gun
3. Aircraft Carrier
4 Battle-Cruiser
5. Torpedo Boat/ Destroyer

Answer 4

Good question! For killing and permanent injury, chlorine gas, terrible. Airplane, although Pancho Villa first used in 1912 in his revolution, information made battle static. Machine guns, not new. but used by Germans to enfilade. Tank, as things to come. Medical evacuation, carrying on from Crimean War, to save lives. BAR, first assault weapon that was portable and high rate of fire. Telegraph and phone, while lines where often cut, gave immediate tactical response.
Sorry, I don't know any more.

Answer 5

Tanks, Poison Gas, Airplanes, Submarines and Machines guns were used in mass for the 1st time. Airplanes being the most significant as it gives one the ability to strike behind the lines and strike at mainly civilian targets.

Answer 6

the airplane, tank, chemical weapons, are the most significant...

the one that stands out though are the poisonous gasses used to flush out the troops in the trenches

Answer 7

its an historic fact that the artillery was responsible for more than 60% of german deaths,