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The Zeppelin
The Zeppelin, also known as blimp, was an airship that was used during the early part of the war in bombing raids by the Germans. They carried machine guns and bombs. However, they were abandoned because they were easy to shoot out of the sky -
The Submarine (Torpedo)
Torpedoes were used by submarines. The Germans used torpedoes to blow up ships carrying supplies from America to Britain The Germans torpedoed the passenger liner Lusitania on May 1st 1915 which sank with a loss of 1,195 lives. Americans were outraged and joined the war in 1917 on the side of the allies -
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WWI
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The Plane
Planes were also used for the first time. At first they were used To deliver bombs and for spying work but became fighter aircraft armed with machine guns, bombs and some times cannons. Fights between two planes in the sky became known as "dogfights" -
Folkker EI
The first plane used in WWI that was designed with a machine gun mounted -
The Tank
The first combat tanks were used for the first time in the First World War at the Battle of the Somme by the United Kingdom. They were developed to cope with the conditions on the Western Front. The first tank was called 'Little Willie' and needed a crew of 3. Its maximum speed was 3mph and it could not cross trenches. -
Pure Oxygen Torpedo
Instead of using compressed air they used oxygen because of explosions, experimentation ended -
French Schneider
It was French tank and it was named after the factory it was made in
