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​**__//World War One Weapons//__**​ ​ ​  Land mines were used often in World War 1. They are disks barried in the ground that cause a big explosion when triggered by stepping on them. They were very useful when setting booby traps and surprise attacks. Usually they were used to blow up people, tanks, and buildings mostly. Victoms of land mines often die or lose limbs like the child shown in the picture above. //**
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 * //Submarines were used many times in World War 1. The underwater ships were used to spy by monitoring other ships and attack enemies with torpedos. They were also a source of hidden transportation. When attacked by one of these submarines you would most likely be blown up by a torpedo. Their main target was the enemy submarines and ships.//**



//**During World War One barbed wire, a spiky, sharp, wirelike fence was used to defend camps like a barrier. It helped keep out intruders. The effect of barbed wire is harsh scratches and cuts. This is one form of defence during the war.**//

//**Tanks were a very useful weapon at this time period. They were made of bulletproof material and armed witrh many weapons. such as, cannons, and machine guns. The first tank weighed in at fourteen tons. Tanks were also used as transportation. Some effects of tanks are gun shot wounds and blowing up structures with the equipped cannons. Most tanks could only hold a few people though.**//



//**World War One was the first war to use airplanes as a weapon. They were used to spy, and attack since many were equipped with cannons, machine guns, and bombs. They were also a way of fast transportation but there was a greater danger they would be seen. The effects were gun wounds, fire, and death. Many soldiers had never seen airplanes wich frightened enemies.**//



**//During World War One machine guns were often used, but the ones back then are very different from the ones today. They were bigger, heavier, and could take up to six people to operate it. They often overheated too, but they were very deadly in battle with their powerful shots and deadly wounds. Soldiers would hide and wait in ditches to shoot enemies. They left large bullet like wounds when they shot.//**



//**The flamethrower was a very useful weapon during the war, and it was used for offense as well as defense. You would have to wear a tank on your back filled with stuff like pressurized air, carbon dioxide, nitrogen and sometimes more. You hold a tube and trigger it to launch burning fuel wich turns into fire. It's effect is usually dangerous and serious burns.**//



**//Cannons were also popular in World War One. They were equipped in planes and tanks too. They were heavy weapons so they almost always had wheels attached to move easier. Cannons were made to shoot their shells into the air so they would land on top of the target unlike many other weapons.//** **//Mustard Gas was a very dangerous, almost odorless, poisonous gas oftenly used by the germans. It was kept in artillery shells and the only way to escape it was to wear a gas protection suit. Many times you would be poisoned without time to escape so the suits saved many. If you became infected the results were major blisters, internally and externally. A bad effect was also that when the gas was released into the environment it would stay for weeks.//**

**//__Bibliography__ ~ "Sub Category Index" (barbed wire, mines-traps, WW1 heavy-allied) __Weapons__ 1/4/10 []//** ~ "World War One Weapons" 12/21/09 __History on the Net Group__ []//**
 * //~ "Facts About World War 1" __History Facts__ 12/18/09//** [|**//www.strange-facts.com/info/facts-about-world-war-1/comment-pg-17//**]
 * ~ //Duffy, Micheal "Weapons of War - Introduction" __Weapons of War__ 12/17/09 []