The First World War: Info On World War One
A German tank
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Whos to blame?
Germany, was not exactly to blame for ww1. The archduke was killed and Germany got angry. But Kaiser wilhelm II was kind of aggressive. He may have wanted to start conflict. But then, Serbia killed the Archduke. So its a matter of opinion. You could have cases for either side. Also, the Nazis did not exist in ww1.
Tanks
Quick list of tank used in ww1
~British mark v, Iv, there, like any other tank were many versions.
~Frances light tank, Renault FT.
~French St. Chamond tanks, were horrible. they had long bodies going over the treads so they sucked at maneuvering.
~German A7V tank, huge and fearsome, but clumsy with many weak spots. Looked like a fortress. 24.1 ft (7.34 m) long, 9.8 ft (3 m) wide, 9.8 ft (3.3 m) wide.
~British Mark A Whippet, was fast(er)
~British mark v, Iv, there, like any other tank were many versions.
~Frances light tank, Renault FT.
~French St. Chamond tanks, were horrible. they had long bodies going over the treads so they sucked at maneuvering.
~German A7V tank, huge and fearsome, but clumsy with many weak spots. Looked like a fortress. 24.1 ft (7.34 m) long, 9.8 ft (3 m) wide, 9.8 ft (3.3 m) wide.
~British Mark A Whippet, was fast(er)
Sunday, September 11, 2011
911
Remember 911. on this fateful day many lost their lives. The twin towers, and the Pentagon. Another plane was attempted to be hijacked but the passenger resisted. It crashed in a field, but it was going to hit D.C.'s capitol building. So these brave people saved hundreds of lives. By the way, the other planes weren't resisted against because they thought it was a common hijacking,and they'd be delivered somewhere. They were sadly wrong. Remember 911.
Sorry ive been gone so long
Well... wow. Sorry i haven't posted for forever. I don't want to be not posting new stuff, so starting today, i will try to post new stuff on on world war one and, i probably will now post stuff on ww2. By the way, wow, a lot of views thanks!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Some info on the weapons of ww1
Some weapons were used very late in the war. Tanks, for instance, were not used until about 1916. Some were used very early, like chlorine gas. here are uses of some weapons.
~rifles and other arms for soldiers: used as main weapons because machine guns were too bulky
~machine guns: may seem devastating but really, they were heavy, bulky, took a good amount of soldiers to operate, and overheated very easily. But towards the end of the war they were improved and became powerful weapons of war.
~flamethrower: used by Germans in 1915 but was quickly widened to other countries. But they could explode, the fuel cells, and had very limited range so these were dangerous considering enemy's had rifles that could fire at about 600 meters (which is really far)
~bayonets: veterans say bayonets were used more as a..... ''decoration'' than actual weapons of war. If so, why did many soldiers use bayonets? Because they were very ideal close combat weapons.
~pistols: issued to officers, military police, and tank operators. When the war began there were three main types of pistol in use: revolvers, clip-loaded automatics and the 'blow-back' models where expanding propellant gas caused the gun to reload by forcing the bolt back when fired.
~poison gas: first used by the french. Gases such as chlorine, phosgene, and what may be the most deadly, Yperite, or mustard gas. (note: in case you didn't know poison gas is now illegal to use in war)
Well that's all for now.
~rifles and other arms for soldiers: used as main weapons because machine guns were too bulky
~machine guns: may seem devastating but really, they were heavy, bulky, took a good amount of soldiers to operate, and overheated very easily. But towards the end of the war they were improved and became powerful weapons of war.
~flamethrower: used by Germans in 1915 but was quickly widened to other countries. But they could explode, the fuel cells, and had very limited range so these were dangerous considering enemy's had rifles that could fire at about 600 meters (which is really far)
~bayonets: veterans say bayonets were used more as a..... ''decoration'' than actual weapons of war. If so, why did many soldiers use bayonets? Because they were very ideal close combat weapons.
~pistols: issued to officers, military police, and tank operators. When the war began there were three main types of pistol in use: revolvers, clip-loaded automatics and the 'blow-back' models where expanding propellant gas caused the gun to reload by forcing the bolt back when fired.
~poison gas: first used by the french. Gases such as chlorine, phosgene, and what may be the most deadly, Yperite, or mustard gas. (note: in case you didn't know poison gas is now illegal to use in war)
Well that's all for now.
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