Technologies and Weapons of World War I One of the deadliest wars in human history required heavy weaponry and technologies to survive. That is why during World War I, new technological advances developed. Three of these technologies that are the most interesting are poison gases, tanks, and flamethrowers. All of these were common weapons in the war. Poison gases were risky, especially if the user was inexperienced or did not know how much to use. Difficulties did not only come from the gases. The tanks had very limited success because they got stuck in mud. Also, the flamethrowers were difficult to move around. However, each of these had a positive side and helped the countries who used them.
Poison gases were commonly used by the Germans against the allies. The German military scientists first experimented with gases as weapons, which were thrown into the allies’ trenches, killing them if they were not protected with a gas mask. Although the Germans and others regretted using this technique of battle, British and French forces felt the gases were needed to eliminate the upper hand. The gases were effective and quite deadly, with some symptoms of the gases being; burns on the skin, coughing, fluid …show more content…
Later in 1916, the Germans used the flamethrowers to shock the Allies out of their trenches. Flamethrowers created a jet of flaming gasoline in which they fired onto the enemies to kill or disable. They originally had a range of 25 meters but was later increased to 40 meters. This means that the weapon was only effective in narrow areas of no-mans-land. Although effective in damaging the enemies of the area, flamethrowers had many difficulties. They were a challenge to move around and only had enough oil to burn 40 seconds at a time. The soldiers who operated them often had a short life span since they were targeted rifle and machine gun
Poison gases were commonly used by the Germans against the allies. The German military scientists first experimented with gases as weapons, which were thrown into the allies’ trenches, killing them if they were not protected with a gas mask. Although the Germans and others regretted using this technique of battle, British and French forces felt the gases were needed to eliminate the upper hand. The gases were effective and quite deadly, with some symptoms of the gases being; burns on the skin, coughing, fluid …show more content…
Later in 1916, the Germans used the flamethrowers to shock the Allies out of their trenches. Flamethrowers created a jet of flaming gasoline in which they fired onto the enemies to kill or disable. They originally had a range of 25 meters but was later increased to 40 meters. This means that the weapon was only effective in narrow areas of no-mans-land. Although effective in damaging the enemies of the area, flamethrowers had many difficulties. They were a challenge to move around and only had enough oil to burn 40 seconds at a time. The soldiers who operated them often had a short life span since they were targeted rifle and machine gun