Compare and Contrast

Weapons, some say they are what win battles. Technology has become very developed over the years and with the advancement of technology, come many new weapons. From World War I to World War II many accelerated weapons where developed.

The main weapon used by the British during World War I was the bolt-action rifle. These were the guns of the trenches. A soldier could fire 15 rounds and kill a person 1,400 meters away. The machine gun back in World War I was a very large, bulky contraption to run around a battlefield with. It would take 4-6 men just to operate one of these machine guns. It had to be stationed on flat ground, but had the firepower of a 100 guns. Field guns/artillery guns were the largest of the weapons on the field. 12 men would have to man the massive cannon just to have it operate correctly. The weapon could shoot shells that would explode when hitting the ground and spraying shrapnel in every direction. The Germans in the battle of Ypres first introduced chemical warfare in 1915. The gas they used was Chlorine gas. It was not a good way to die. It was very painful. Soldiers would feel a burning sensation in the throat and chest, and then eventually suffocate. Mustard gas was also another gas used to kill troops in the trenches. Zeppelins where used early on in the war, but later dismissed because they were too easy to shoot down. Also tanks where used in the war, but were very new in development and could only go 3mph.

The Technical advancements from World War I to World War II are massive. One in particular is the machine gun. Being too big and bulky to carry around in World War I, they were developed to be much more compact and more maneuverable. The Thomson is an excellent example for how far the machine gun...

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... advance with the war. In World War II Hitler did not want trench warfare to happen again, so he used tanks to push enemies out of towns quickly. These attacks were called blitzkriegs. The Germans would be the first to realize the immense advantage and fighting power of tanks in World War II. Thus giving them the jump on the Allies.

Weapons have come a very long way since the World Wars, but without the wars, we would not have the advancement of weapon technology we have today. World War II is a prime example because from beginning to end new weapons were being designed and produced.

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"World War One - Weapons." World War One - Weapons. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Mar. 2014.