New Weapons Used During WWI Mrs. Ha Chapter 11 Trench Warfare New Types of Weapons Poison Gas: 1915 Germans: First to use Allies later used Soldiers & Dogs: Gas Masks Dogs & Horses: Gas Masks Mustard Gas: hands Mustard Gas: victim Mustard Gas Burn out lungs Blind your eyes Suppose to end war fast Increased misery of soldiers Airplane First for scouting Later combat Dog fights Individual pilot fights World War I Planes Other New Weapons Flamethrower Shoot fire Long distance Machine Guns Patent: Hiram Maxim Fire: rounds per minute Had to be water cooled Long belt of bullets MACHINE GUN Barbed Wire Wire with hooks Slowed progress Submarines German U-boats Convoy System was used to combat it Tanks First: Great Britain Little Willie Weight: 4 tons Speed: 3 MPH Capacity: 3 men Bullets easily bounced off of them Ran over barbed wire Inside Little Willie