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ZEPPELINS

ZEPPELINS. Benefits:. Speed: 55-70 mph / silent -wind High Altitudes: 22,000 ft / hydrogen blimp Long Distance: Germany to England and back! Weapons: 2 ton bomb / machine guns Large capacity: move soldiers / supplies

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ZEPPELINS

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  1. ZEPPELINS

  2. Benefits: • Speed: 55-70 mph / silent -wind • High Altitudes: 22,000 ft / hydrogen blimp • Long Distance: Germany to England and back! • Weapons: 2 ton bomb / machine guns • Large capacity: move soldiers / supplies • Black Paint Underbody: hide from search lights!

  3. Problems: • Costly: manufacture / fuel • Not Accurate: kill more civilians than soldiers / hit target only 10% of time • Wind: Planes!!! • Fly higher: lose oxygen / freeze • Slow / Size (800 ft) • Incendiary bullets: nitro-glycerine / phosphorous ignited the hydrogen gas

  4. IMPACT: Terror weapon Reconnaissance Early advantage: Germany Machine gun / supplies / men Forced Development of planes

  5. AIRPLANES

  6. PROBLEMS: Material: wood, cable (drag), fabric / catch fire Speed: 50-80 mph / poor distance Engine too Heavy: crash landing / hand guns / bricks / spears Reconnaissance: pilot take notes Machine Gun: no place to put it / stand / shoot propeller off!

  7. Airplane Improvements: Material: STEEL Speed: 120-200 mph Engine: multi engine / bi plane / triplane Reconnaissance: camera Machine Gun: synchronize its firing with the rotation of the propellers

  8. IMPACT: SCOUT BOMBER BOMB TRENCHES AND BEHIND LINE STALEMATE IN AIR! - FIGHTER

  9. Machine Guns

  10. PROBLEMS: • Heavy: mounted only / 30-60 kg / 6-10 operators • Short burst: overheat / limited range / jammed • Firepower limited: 400-600 round per minute • Crank operated

  11. IMPROVEMENTS: • Water cooling: built-in system • Firepower: 800-1200 rounds per minute / material bullet belt • Efficient: recoil power of the previously fired bullet to reload rather than hand-powered • Weight: 10-15 kg 1918 submachine gun

  12. IMPACT: MOBILE WEAPON MEN CARRY IT FORCED WAR INTO TRENCHES STALEMATE KILLER

  13. Chemical Warfare

  14. PROBLEMS: • Tear gas (bromide)- irritate eyes / cough / sneezing • Chemicals: not lethal! • Delivery systems: grenades / hand cranked containers / wind / limited range • Weather: cold temperature freezes gas vapors • Not Accurate

  15. 1 3 IMPROVEMENTS: 2 Gas Masks

  16. IMPROVEMENTS: • Delivery systems: • artillery shells • cylinders for • long range

  17. IMPROVEMENTS: CHLORINE • Inhaling its vapor it destroyed the victim's respiratory organs- choking attacks • Lips and mouth are parched and the tongue is covered with a thick dry fur • Sensation of suffocation • Acute bronchitis or pneumonia develops / fight to breath / gangrene of lung

  18. IMPROVEMENTS: Blister Agent MUSTARD GAS • Blistering skin, vomiting, sore eyes, internal and external bleeding lungs bleed/ Death 5 weeks • Scent - Odorless / Sulfur and Nitrogen Mustard • Difficult to defend against • Remained potent in soil for weeks after release: making capture of infected trenches a dangerous undertaking.

  19. IMPROVEMENTS: PHOSGENE • MORE LETHAL THAN CHLORINE / carbonyl chloride • embedded in respiratory organs of body / less coughing – more inhaled • Hay scent- odorless and colorless • Choke, respiratory failure, pulmonary failure, bleed out • Gas replaces oxygen cells .

  20. IMPACT Terror weapon High Injuries / only 10% of deaths in war / Russia hit hardest Created gaps in Trench / prolonged war!

  21. Submarines U-Boats

  22. PROBLEMS SPEED: 11 mph / pigeons DISTANCE: 10 mile limit / thin skin / blind DIVE: 100 ft / 1 hour ENGINES: steam / petroleum - slow, fumes, catch fire, heavy WEAPONS: no deck guns / torpedo hand-crank / explosive detonator / 2 miles / 15 mph / minelayers

  23. IMPROVEMENTS: • SPEED: 20-35 mph • DISTANCE: 100s miles • ENGINES: diesel driving electric power / generators • COMMUNICATION: hydrophone listen for propellers / sonar radio waves detect metal / periscope mirror system / gyrocompass / Morse cooe • WEAPON: machine guns / air compressed torpedo spring / circle torpedo / magnetic torpedo /

  24. IMPACT Stealth Lusitania Blockade

  25. TANKS

  26. PROBLEMS: SPEED: 3 mph / too heavy ENGINE: fumes / inside with men / fireball OPERATION: hard to steer / poor eye slits / thin armor / tractor with wheels! WEAPON: turret fall off / turret not turn / Stuck in mud

  27. IMPROVEMENTS: SPEED: 10-12 mph / lighter / series of functions ENGINE: diesel / outside chamber / OPERATION: steel plates / steering column / caterpillar tracks / unhitching beam for mud / rhombus WEAPON: rotating turret / machine guns

  28. IMPACT TANKS BUST TRENCHES REVOLUTIONIZE WAR: infantry mobile GERMANY LOSES WAR!!

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