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My three topics are machine guns, tanks and gernades. They where an important role in helping fight in World War 1.

My first issue is machine guns. The machine gun was one of the most dangerous weapons in World War I. In World War I they used a rifle that is one of the main guns they used. In World War I they used machine guns because it killed a lot of people but the machine gun overheats really fast after a few seconds. They tried to make lite machine guns so they could wheel the machine guns to where they need to shoot the people but wheeling the machine guns didn't work out so well.

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 **AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle** It has become the most commun used rifle in war today. it weighs aroud 9 pounds and fires around a range of 600 rounds per minute.

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My second issue is tanks. World War I was the first war that they used tanks. In World War I they used tanks because the tanks could go through mud and barbed wire. On the top of the tank they built machine guns. The tank could fit three people and one of them could drive and the other two can control the machine guns.



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 **M2A2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle** This is what a tank would look like today in war. it has a missle launcher on the top the maximum speed on this tank is 45 mph.

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My third issue is grenades. The Germans were ready for the War because they had 70,000 hand gernades ready. They also had 106,000 rifle gernades.

The German army, having popularised use of the grenade at the start of the war, developed numerous models over the ensuing four years.

  ﻿ This grenade was called an "egg grenade" because its throwing range was up to 50 yrards. [] 

[|84 stun grenade]  M84 Stun grenade is used in today's war. It is also known as "flashbang" which causes a light to your eyes and you are unable to see. The loud bang also adds to not hearing well.  []