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Weapons of World War I – Part Two

Weapons of World War I – Part Two. Were some weapons considered unethical during WW I?. #6 Trench Mortars & Artillery Cannons. Used by both sides, a mortar is a short, wide tube that fires a missile/bomb from a steep angle that falls straight down on target

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Weapons of World War I – Part Two

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  1. Weapons of World War I – Part Two Were some weapons considered unethical during WW I?

  2. #6 Trench Mortars & Artillery Cannons • Used by both sides, a mortar is a short, wide tube that fires a missile/bomb from a steep angle that falls straight down on target • Advantage: could be fired from inside trench • Disadvantage: hard to aim, unpredictable • Artillery cannons were large guns used for shelling (bombing) • Advantage: big fire power • Disadvantage: despite wheels, hard to move & maneuver

  3. #7 Grenade Launchers • Advantage: launched grenades further than a person could throw • Developed by the French, at first, they were sort of like a sling shot • Later, they could be fired out of an air rifle • Disadvantage: dangerous for user if grenade falls off or gets stuck

  4. # 8 The Flame Thrower • Developed by the Germans but used later by British & French • Spreads fire by launching burning fuel • Advantage: could easily destroylarge amounts of territory • Disadvantage: unethical to burn people alive,dangerous for the user (fuel cylinder on back)

  5. #9 Poison Gas • Advantage: fairly undetectable, enemy doesn’t see it coming • French first to used tear gas to disable an enemy • Later, Germans develop mustard gas & ammonia based poison gas • Allies started using it when Germans used it • Disadvantage: seen as a very unethical weapon causing blindness, choking, blisters, death, banned after WW I

  6. Country Total KIAs Gas Deaths Austria-Hungary 1.2 million 3,000 British Empire 908,371 8,109 France 1.4 million 8,000 Germany 1.8 million 9,000 Italy 650,000 4,627 Russia 1.7 million 56,000 USA 116,708 1,462 Ottoman Empire 800,000 1,000 • Nearly 90K of the 9.7 million killed-in-action were due to poison gas Question: Who suffered the most from poison gas and why?

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