Evolution of Machines during World War 1

World War 1 brought many innovations that will change the way we fight our wars for many years to come. From the tracer bullets to the tanks and u boats we start battling in air and sea also within the innovation of warfare we start losing mass amount of lives due to our innovation. In World War 1 sometimes they had to fight at night so to not fire the same place, they created tracer bullets which left a slight but yet noticeable trace in air which was somehow flammable. Even though the tracer bullets were advantageous to gunners and military strategies. Also with several disadvantage with enemy knowing where the bullets come from and pinpoint counted attacks. In 1915 the British army have developed the first tank called it the Mark I it would only move around 3 mph and had a small diesel engine. The only problem was that if the wheel in the back was knocked off the whole tank was practically immobilized. It would only move vertical couldnt move left nor right. The enemy would usually have an artillery gun and if you couldnt move you of course were helpless at that point. The Mark I was only 28 tons the guns differed by the gender of the tank. Male tanks have a six pounder gun in every position. Female tanks had two heavy Vickers in replacement for the six pounder. The driver was up front in the right secondary gears men and the commander were on the front left. The tanks helped change the tide of war mainly light tanks heavy tanks at first were difficult to maneuver. Tanks such as light combat tank ford model 1918 3 ton m1918 also the m1917 ton for the us, leitcher kampfwagen for Germany, Renault ft-17 for the French. Also the poison gas that was first introduced in World War 1 was chlorine gas in the battle of second Ypres in 1915. You couldnt aim properly if you first put the gas mask but was also introduced in ww1. Germans were the first to use chemical warfare as an advantage. The types of gas used during World War 1 were phosgene gas, mustard, and chlorine. For the symptoms to appear it would take usually 24 hours for it to be noticed .Phosgene was the main killer in World War 1 it produced 85% of the death in the first world war. Mustard gas was heavier than air and reason being they called it mustard gas was the foul smell it gave off resembling mustard with the color and smell. Usually it would be thrown into the trenches to force the enemy out of the trenches. Mustard gas caused severe blister and chemical burns on skin and lungs. Women also contributed to the war by nursing the wounded and taking over the jobs of the men. Women started improvising by disposing or making their undergarments washable. The French were the first to figure that clean absorbent bandages were far more superior to any other type of bandages. Red Cross nurses started supplying every nurse to have sanitary napkins. It was 5 times more absorbent than the standard bandages. The machine guns became a very powerful weapon during world war1 usually for one stationary machine gun it took 4-6 men. They would put it behind a barrier and while they were shooting the rest of the mens were putting ammunition into the belt feeder while the gunner was shooting a single machine gun can fire up to 600 rounds a minute. One of the machine guns used in World War 1 were the mg15nA it was first developed in the German empire. Its magazine included 100/200 and utilized a bipod which is used to provoke accurate fire. Also putting two powerful weapons (during the time) merging them together would benefit the army greatly. General George Patton was the first to put a machine gun in a vehicle. He put a Vickers machine gun into an automobile vehicle it injured more than 25% of Mexicos militia during the time being. On June 7 1912 captain Charles de forest chandler put a machine gun on a plane and demonstrated in a brief flight it went to 50 mph out of the 50 bullets fired 45 hit the necessary target what was supposed to be hit. The machine gun was light enough to be carried by a low powered aircraft.

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