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you could easily defend your trench with a small number of men, against a larger number of attackers
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∙ 10y agoIt gave a good field of fire and did not have to be re-loaded as often as rifles.
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Where did troops take shelter from machine guns in WW1?
Much of the war was fought in trenches.
What are the differences between the weapons used in ww1 and World War 2?
Speaking on a general level: WWI was the war of the 'big guns' and the machine guns, WW II of the tanks and air power.
Who introduced the machine gun to world war 1?
Answer One of the most poplar machine guns was the Maxim, which was named after its inventor.
What killed most of the soldiers in World War 1?
Influenza was commonly a problem during WW1. The death toll was nearly 20,000,000. More than half of this was caused by the flu.
What weapons did the US use in ww1?
Lee Enfield, bolt action rifleWebley, revolverVickers machine gun, medium machine gunLewis gun, light machine gunMills bomb, hand grenade
What were the advantages of machine guns in WW1?
you could easily defend your trench with a small number of men, against a larger number of attackers
What about machine guns in WW1?
Used extensively.
Were there machine guns in world war 1?
Yes. There were machine guns in WW1. There were Gatlin Guns, a type of machine gun, in the Civil War.Yes
What where machine guns uesd for in ww1?
Kill people
What weapons used WW1?
rifles and machine guns
Which country was the first to use machine guns in ww1?
All of the major players possessed machine guns by the outbreak of the war.
How did the mounted machine guns effect WW1?
it affected it by gas.
How many people died in WW1 from machine guns?
unknown
What are sub machine guns in ww1?
They were not yet invented- did not exist.
New weapons in ww1?
machine guns, submarines and poisen gas
What weapons were used in WW1?
machine guns, mustard gas, tanks
What new weapons were used in ww1?
machine guns, mustard gas, tanks
