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E-tool or gi shovel. they are standard issue for field equipment US armed forces. E is for entrenching.

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What year did soldiers fight in trenches?

Trench warfare began use in World War 1. In the early 1900's.


What is a reserve trench?

Reserve trenches were used as supplies for the trenches out the front. In world war one, they had come up with a technique of hiding in trenches before they fight. To do this properly, they had made them zig-zags. The trenches on the front line were where the soldiers would fight from. Reserve trenches were used in case these people had anything happen to them and they needed to use more trenches and more men. Throughout the war, the conditions of the front line trenches became worse as the communication and reserve trenches improved. I hope that helped :)


What tactics were the used in the trenches?

The tactics were to try and fight over the top so the other battle would not fight against them


What sort of protection did trenches provide in World War 1?

During World War I, trenches of different kinds protected soldiers from various dangers. Basic slit trenches, dug deeply enough to enable soldiers to stand up straight while keeping their heads below the ground-surface, protected soldiers from horizontal rifle- and cannon-fire. More sophisticated trenches, dug still more deeply into the earth and maintaining a thick ceiling-layer of earth, protected troops from vertical bombardment, including attacks from airplanes.


Why were sleeping conditions in the trenches in World War 1 bad?

Sleeping conditions in WW1 trenches were so bad for a numerous amount of reasons. one is that the poor hygiene left the soldiers invested with lice which would practically eat them alive until they came up with the idea to use a hot iron on their clothing which would "pop" the lice to their death. My second reason is the trenches were invested with tomcat sized rats which would eat their food and the dead bodies of soldiers who sometimes couldn't be properly buried after a cave in, etc. Another reason was that the soldiers would get many diseases such as trench foot and trench mouths, or gums. Trench foot is the rotting away of the foot due to a wet boot causing moisture to soak into the foot which soldiers would walk on and the skin would rot away causing the foot to get diseased. Trench mouth was poor hygiene in the mouth creating the gums in the mouth to rot away and become diseased. Both of these conditions were extremely painful. Also, soldiers had absolutely no comfort, as they slept on the dirt and used each other to stay out of the mud leaning back to back. In the trench the soldiers were always under some type of artillery fire sometimes "Screaming Mimi's or invasions from their enemies.

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Who would the Confederacy not use as soldiers?

The confederacy would not use slaves as soldiers because they were afraid they would defect to the north. So they were made to dig trenches and the like during the war.


Where did the anzac soldiers sleep?

In trenches. They also use it as a defensive shield.


Use the word menagerie in a sentence?

There was a menagerie of soldiers in the trenches of WW1.


Why did world war 1 soldiers carry shovels?

They would use the shovels to dig out trenches. If necessary they would dig graves. They would also use them as weapons if it came down to it.


What year did soldiers fight in trenches?

Trench warfare began use in World War 1. In the early 1900's.


Do we still use trenches now in war?

not generally, however in basic training soldiers are still taught the use of slit trenches and foxholes and how to use an entrenching tool for field fortifications. In the modern day sandbags and Tesco Bastions tend to be preferred to dug trenches. Quite possibly because they are more suited to desert and mountainous terrain.


What is an underground sap in trenches?

The underground sap is when soldiers use to build tunnels under their enemys trenches so that they could place explosives underneath them and blow them up so that they could over take their trench ..


What people ate in the trenches?

Well the British soldiers use to eat Bread,bicscuits,jam and bully beef also if they caught something or on a special occasion they would have things like eggs and or chicken.


What is a reserve trench?

Reserve trenches were used as supplies for the trenches out the front. In world war one, they had come up with a technique of hiding in trenches before they fight. To do this properly, they had made them zig-zags. The trenches on the front line were where the soldiers would fight from. Reserve trenches were used in case these people had anything happen to them and they needed to use more trenches and more men. Throughout the war, the conditions of the front line trenches became worse as the communication and reserve trenches improved. I hope that helped :)


Did they use trenches in the battle of the somme?

Yes they did use trenches in German and Britain and France


How do you make an airsoft field?

usually a forest would be the best but if you just have an open field you could use some overturned tables and even dig some trenches


Which countermeasures were taken to protect soldiers from the dangers of WW1?

Gas masks were developed to protect from the new gas warfare. Widespread use of trenches. Neither was terribly effective.