Rifle

 

• Rifle

  

  World War IEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

  Infantry weapons underwent a massive change in the late 19th century, as repeating rifles entered widespread use. The World War I infantryman could produce a volume of fire that dwarfed that of his mid-19th-century predecessors.

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Zeppelin

zeppelinEncyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

German airships achieved moderate success in long-range bombing operations, as Zeppelins could attain higher altitudes than the airplanes of the era.