Weapons of World War I: Quick Facts

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Large plume of water and smoke rises from a depth mine explosion in the sea, viewed from the deck of a ship with silhouetted figures, during World War I.

A row of early biplanes lines a grassy field at Hendon, England, with soldiers and horse-drawn wagons gathered nearby during a World War I military inspection.

Two Serbian soldiers in uniform stand on a muddy path, carrying rifles and wearing backpacks, near Salonika, Greece, during World War I in April 1916.

A German Zeppelin airship flies above several warships in Kiel Bay, Germany, during a World War I maneuver.

French soldiers in uniform show a group of women how to put on gas masks outside a wooden shelter in a village near the front in Alsace during World War I.

World War I; artillery

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