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Why were the machine guns placed behind the front line?
to shoot the cowards
Where did the soldiers hide on the western front during world war 1?
In trenches.
What links front line and support trenches?
communication trench links the front line and first support line trench supports trench.
Contributions from France to the world?
France was stuck fighting in the trenches on the Western Front for most of WWI.
Where did the line of trenches stretch 600 miles across during World War 1?
The Front.
What weapon kept soldiers on the western front in the trenches for years?
Maxium machine gun
What was the series of trenches dug by both sides in northern France?
They were the western front. But the different trenches were front line trenches, communication trenches.
Why were the machine guns placed behind the front line?
to shoot the cowards
Why were machine guns placed near the front line in world war 1?
So the machine gunners could see the enemy better because they were closer to the enemy lines. This would increase the accuracy of the machine gunners. The soldiers in the front line trenches could duck in the event of an attack, while the machine guns mowed down as many of the advancing enemy soldiers as they could before they reached the defending trenches. When the remaining soldiers were near enough the soldiers in the defending trenches would kill them off with their bayonets while the friendly fire from behind would cease so as not kill any comrades.
Why machine -guns placed just behind the front line?
because they are so big, they would be easy targets on the front line. With the front line defending the machine guns, the machine guns have a safer place to assault from.
Why are guns placed just behind the front line?
because they are so big, they would be easy targets on the front line. With the front line defending the machine guns, the machine guns have a safer place to assault from.
Why are machine guns placed behind the front-line?
In the days of trench warfare, they were. In modern times, they are not.
Did they try and get the other sides trench on the front line?
Yes the soldiers ran or walked suicidally into enemy trenches under machine gun fire.
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 was fighting like on the eastern front in world war one?
Cold wet and brutal. anyone sticking their head up out of the trenches got mowed down by machine guns. if you stayed in the trenches, they dropped grenades from airplanes and artillery on you. it was like super Mario bros.
What links the front line and support trenches?
communication trench links the front line and first support line trench supports trench.
Who built the first trench?
Frontline trenches were usually about seven feet deep and six feet wide. The front of the trench was known as the parapet. The top two or three feet of the parapet and the parados (the rear side of the trench) would consist of a thick line of sandbags to absorb any bullets or shell fragments. In a trench of this depth it was impossible to see over the top, so a two or three-foot ledge known as a fire-step, was added. Trenches were not dug in straight lines. Otherwise, if the enemy had a successive offensive, and got into your trenches, they could shoot straight along the line. Each trench was dug with alternate fire-bays and traverses. Duck-boards were also placed at the bottom of the trenches to protect soldiers from problems such as trench foot. Soldiers also made dugouts and funk holes in the side of the trenches to give them some protection from the weather and enemy fire. The front-line trenches were also protected by barbed-wire entanglements and machine-gun posts. Short trenches called saps were dug from the front-trench into No-Man's Land. The sap-head, usually about 30 yards forward of the front-line, were then used as listening posts. Behind the front-line trenches were support and reserve trenches. The three rows of trenches covered between 200 and 500 yards of ground. Communication trenches, were dug at an angle to the frontline trench and was used to transport men, equipment and food supplies.
