How Tactics Advanced WW1

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  • How tactics advanced in WW1
    • On land
      • French FT-17 tank
        • Lighter and smaller
        • Performed well cross-country
        • Could fire 360 degrees
      • The German A7V Panzerkampfwagen
        • Slow and could tip over
        • Often experienced mechanical failure
      • Both sides, from 1914, would tunnel under the front line to set mines and mortars
      • Both sides used tanks but the British and French improved theirs
    • In the air
      • Britain often used light bomber air craft
        • From march 1917
        • easily manoeuvrable
      • Light bombers had a better chance of surviving an attack
      • Awards for pilots who had the most kills
        • March 1981 was when Britain started giving out awards
    • In the sea
      • Britain had many different methods of attacking
        • destroyers towing electronically detonated charges
        • Q-ships with hidden weapons
        • 1917 Britain began regularly using depth charges
      • 29 German U-boats were sunk
      • in 1915 Britain found several ways to reduce the amount of U-boat attacks
      • Battle of Jutland Britain essentially controlled the sea

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