infantry weapons of World War I the first world war saw many varied weapons used by soldiers let's look at what was manufactured being used on the battlefield the rifle most soldiers would be equipped with a bolt action rifle rounds were fired individually with the bolt being opened and closed after each shot the rifle was reloaded by loading a clip into the magazine and they had to be cleaned regularly because the dirt in the trenches could Jam the fire ing mechanism the Raffles most commonly used by the Allied Powers were the short magazine Lee Enfield Mark
3 for Britain and the Commonwealth the label and Beria 8 mm for France the maner Carano m1891 6.5 mm for Italy the Mosen neat m1891 7.62 for Russia and the Springfield 1903 30 odd 6 for the USA for the Central Powers the rifles used were the Mouser gavier 98 7.92 mm for Germany the Styer man lean m95 for Austria Hungary and Bulgaria and the Mouser m1877 7.65 mm for turkey the bayonet continued to see use in the first world war however its use was now more psychological than practical they resembled a knife that would fix
on to the end of the rifle and be used for close combat fighting they were also used used by soldiers for non-combative use such as opening cans and toasting bread machine guns of World War I were modeled on herum Maxim's 1884 design with a sustained fire of 450 to 600 rounds per minute waves of troops could be cut down put simply the machine gun could have the same worth as 80 rifles noteworthy weapons include the heavy machine gun used by Germany the Machining gavier 08 the lmg used by British forces known as the Lewis gun
which featured a top-mounted pan magazine and the bar or Browning automatic rifle which was used late in the war by US forces and was quicker to reload than the Lewis or French sh shotgun the submachine gun such as the German MP18 were used in the last parts of the war the submachine gun was developed during the war as an effective portable Firepower solution they proved effective in close combat trench Fighting by German Storm Troopers flamethrowers were a terrifying weapon first brought to the battlefields of World War I by the German army tanks on the solders
back used nitrogen pressure to spray oil fuel which was ignited as it left the muzzle of a pipe grenades were used to clear out the enemy in their trenches and dugouts they were either hand thrown or fired from a rifle and depending on the type of grenade would either detonate on impact or via a timed fuse the pistol was issued to officers pilots and tank operators because of the portable size of the pistol it would serve well in the cramped conditions of a biplane cockpit or the interior of a tank lastly we have the trench
rating Club an almost medieval throwback this Malay weapon was popular for trench raing Expeditions as a quiet way of killing or wounding enemy soldiers now you know about some of the weapons used during the World War I leave a comment below letting us know which weapon you found the most interesting watch our other videos to learn more get your copy of simple history World War I available on Amazon now
