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Weapons Specifications

Country Type Weapon Max Eff. Range Rate of Fire Characteristics Crew Weight
BRITISH Rifle ?? Lee-Enfield .303 1000 yd 20 rpm Simple to use, Reliable, Lg Mag Capacity (10) 1
Machine Gun Vickers Machine Gun 740 m 450 rpm 33-55 kg
Artillery 83.8 mm QF 13-pdr 5400 m 13-lb High Explosive Shell 6
Artillery 127 mm Howitzer 6400 m 2 rpm 35 lbs
FRENCH Rifle Lebel M1d 1886/93 ?? 3200 m 13-14 rpm
Machine Gun Hotchkiss - M1914 3800 m 450 rpm 8mm 53 lbs
Artillery 75 mm 7015 m 15 rpm 15-lb shell
GERMAN Rifle Mauser Gewehr 1898 700 m 10 rpm
Machine Gun Maschinengewehr (MG08) 2200 m 375 rpm 250 round fabric belt
Artillery 77mm QF 5300-10700 m 5 rpm 15-lb shell. mobility made it effective in field maneuver, but not stationary
Artillery 105mm 6950 m 3 rpm 34-lb shell
Artillery 305mm (Skoda mortar) used only slightly in the beginning of war
Railway Gun Howitzer "Big Bertha" 14,000 m 820 kg shell 200 98 tons
BELGIAN Artillery 210mm Howitzer

?? - not substantiated by a reliable source
TODO It is possible that the Lee-Enfield SMLE (short magazine) was used

Useful Info

QF was used to designate "quick-firing" artillery.

Vickers and MG08 were both Maxim derivatives.

There are basically two types of large artillery - the cannon and the howitzer (or mortar). A cannon fires a shell over a long arc and typically hits its target head-on. The howitzer (or mortar) lobs the shell over a high arc so it lands atop its target. Your choice of artillery depends upon the job at hand. Large guns, like handguns, are measured in caliber. This is the diameter of the barrel, and roughly, the shell it fires. Sometimes this measurement is given in inches, other times in centimeters or millimeters (thus a 42cm shell is equivalent to a 420mm or 16.5 inch shell). - Digger History

Sources

Digger History

Tuchman (166)

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