Weapons and Tactics: World War I and World War II Comparing the weapons and tactics of World War I and World War II is a very interesting topic. There were a lot of advancements in weapon technology and tactics after the First World War. In World War I, the British commonly used the rifle. It was the bolt-action and it could fire fifteen bullets a minute. Each bullet could kill someone one thousand four hundred meters away. They also used the machine gun which had the firepower of about one hundred guns and required four to six men to work them. The German army was the first to use chlorine gas. The gas, chlorine gas, would cause a burning sensation in the throat and chest pains. The death was very painful, because you would suffocate. Using gas was very dangerous because if the wind blew the wrong way you could kill your own troops! Another type of gas used, not only by Germany, was Mustard gas which was the most deadly weapon used, because it would be fired into the trenches in shells which would then disperse the colorless gas. The gas took twelve hours to come into effect, some of those effects included but not limited to: Blistering skin, vomiting, sore eyes, internal and external bleeding. The Zeppelin, also known as the …show more content…
The bombsight helped for more accurate bombing runs and precision targets, it also helped the bombers stay safe because they could fly higher out of aim of anti-air guns. When the bomb is dropped from an airplane it does not fall straight down, it actually moves forward as it falls. This due to the horizontal movement of the plane forward causes the bombs to be less accurate. A falling bomb is also affected by the air resistance created by falling through the air, which causes the bomb to always be behind the plane when it strikes the