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How effective were new weapons in World War 1 - Coggle Diagram
How effective were new weapons in World War 1
Trench martas
Rapid fire
No good on barbed wire
Lee Enfield rifle
Deadly at close range
20 rounds a minute
Not enough when forced with large numbers of enemy soldiers
Vickers machine gun
Heavy
500 founds per minute
4000m range
Lewis gun 1916
Lighter
Germans have something similar
Grenades
Effective at short range but how do you get there?
Tanks
Slow- 4mph
Can cross barbed wire
Can get stuck in mud
Gas
Gas masks
Wind can change direction