This is my Rifle... | ...And This is My Gun | This is for Fighting... | ...This is for Fun |
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What is the Springfield
This was the standard service rifle for American Infantry.
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Who is Hiram Maxim
This man invented the machine gun, and the first models bore his name.
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What are Hand Grenades
These were referred to as "bombs" by the soldiers and were explosive devices used by infantry.
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What is Artillery
Londoners said that they could hear the loud sounds of this all the way in Belgium.
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What is the Bayonet
These were attachments to the rifle meant for close quarters fighting.
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What are water cooling (and/or vented barrels)
This was a type of cooling used for machine guns? (bonus if you can name both)
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What is Bombing
This type of Airborne warfare was first used in WWI and was directed at ground troops and civilian populations.
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Germany
This country was the first to employ the use of Flamethrowers.
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What is 1975
This was the last year (within five years) that the M-1903 Springfield saw action?
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What is Artillery
This was the most used weapon in WWI
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What is No-Mans-Land
This was the contested area in between opposing trenches
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The "pineapple" Mk. 2 Fragmentation grenade
This grenade was nicknamed after a spiky tropical fruit by soldiers based its looks.
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What is a scope (telescope)
This was used in WWI as an attachment to a rifle that had never before been used in warfare? (meant for hitting targets far away)
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What is gas (Mustard, Tear, Chlorine)
This weapon saw its debut in WWI in the form of chemical warfare. (bonus name some types)
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What is Shelling
This accounted for 60% of all casualties on the Western Front
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What is "Dogfighting"
The sound of a pilot restarting his engine during combat brought about the origin of this term.
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What is Mauser
Springfield is to the U.S. as ____ is to Germany
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What is the M-1911
This sidearm saw service through WWI, WWII, The Korean War, and Vietnam?
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What is Disease
Unlike previous wars, WWI saw more death from combat than from this.
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What is a 45 TON MINE.
The "Pool of Peace" is a man-made lake created in 1917 by this.
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