Posted on Jan 13, 2017
What was the most terrifying weapon of World War I?
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When the Great War began in 1914, the armies on both sides brought new technologies to the battlefield the likes of which the world had never seen. The destruction and carnage caused by these new weapons was so extensive that portions of old battlefields are still uninhabitable.
Some of the weapons devised during the war were truly terrifying.
Some of the weapons devised during the war were truly terrifying.
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The Chauchat quickly became terrifying to those who had to use it. It'd be down on the list though.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
Nice! The Chauchat, named after its main contributor Colonel Louis Chauchat, was the standard machine rifle or light machine gun of the French Army during World War I (1914–18). Its official designation was "Fusil Mitrailleur Modele 1915 CSRG" (in English: "Machine Rifle Model 1915 CSRG"). Beginning in June 1916, it was placed into regular service with French infantry, where the troops called it the FM Chauchat. The Chauchat machine rifle in 8mm Lebel was also extensively used in 1917–18 by the American Expeditionary Forces (A.E.F), where it was officially designated as the "Automatic Rifle, Model 1915 (Chauchat)". A total of 262,000 Chauchat machine rifles were manufactured between December 1915 and November 1918, including 244,000 chambered for the 8mm Lebel service cartridge, making it the most widely manufactured automatic weapon of World War I. The armies of eight other nations – Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Serbia – also used the Chauchat machine rifle in fairly large numbers during and after World War I.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
CAPT Kevin B. - I agree:
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War-era light machine gun of US design that was perfected and mass-produced in the United Kingdom,[1] and widely used by British and British Empire troops during the war. With its distinctive barrel cooling shroud and top mounted pan magazine, the Lewis saw service to the end of the Korean War. It was also widely used as an aircraft machine gun, almost always with the cooling shroud removed.
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War-era light machine gun of US design that was perfected and mass-produced in the United Kingdom,[1] and widely used by British and British Empire troops during the war. With its distinctive barrel cooling shroud and top mounted pan magazine, the Lewis saw service to the end of the Korean War. It was also widely used as an aircraft machine gun, almost always with the cooling shroud removed.
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It's hard to say. Troops had never remained in contact for the amount of time like they did in WWI. They lived in contact for months and years.
I'm listening to a podcast right now on this from Hardcore History. Very educational.
I'm listening to a podcast right now on this from Hardcore History. Very educational.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski, I thought the article suggested that gas may have been the most terrifying, but that artillery killed the most people.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
They were all very gruesome. One that I never knew about was the Trench Knife - I can well understand why this is one that was also gruesome! Have a great weekend.
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while each has it devastating effects they were all just as deadly in their own way...
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One of the truly horrible consequences of Poison Gas was the long-term after effects on the survivors. Lifetime of suffering!
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All of the above. In every aspect you were never going to be the same. Or you might die a slow painful death.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
Machine guns and aircraft were not two of the choices but I'm sure they were major parts of the war terror.
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