Use Of Weapons In Ww1

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Throughout World War One (ww1) a variety of vital weapons and vehicles were used and developed. The rifle, tank, gas, machine gun, zeppelin, submarines, u boats and planes were all involved and played a vital part in ww1 and warfare as we know it. Not all of these were used for the first time in 1914 however most of them were deeply developed. All weapons used, killed or left soldiers extremely crippled after the war.
Rifle: The standard rifle of the British army during World War One was the Lee-Enfield .303, a variation of a weapon that had been used by the army since 1902. The lee Enfield .303 rifle was modified slightly

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