Changing weaponry 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryBritish Experience of WarfareA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ConnieWillisCreated on: 28-03-18 13:09 How many guns did most British Ships of the line carry? 70+ 1 of 46 How much did the cannonball that they fired weigh? 32 pounds 2 of 46 How quickly could British seaman release a broadside? 1 min 30 seconds 3 of 46 What was so useful about the carronade? It was light and able to swivel 4 of 46 Where was it fitted to on the ships? The forecastles and the sterns 5 of 46 What replaced slowmatches? Gunlocks 6 of 46 What were the problems with slowmatches? They had to be held against guns priming powder so the gun captain had to stand next to the gun and hope that it fired 7 of 46 What were the advantages of gunlocks? More efficient - captain stood away from the gun, could aim then yank on a landyard to fire. 8 of 46 How did this effect british broadside? They became faster and more accurate 9 of 46 Why were the major changes to warship design and gunnery after 1815? They needed the ships to be able to fire at enemy ships that were many miles away. 10 of 46 What ship was brought into commission in 1906? The Dreadnought 11 of 46 What made it the best Battleship afloat? It was faster and better aimed 12 of 46 Compare the naval budget of the British and German navy in 1914 British budget was twice the size. Therefore had many more battleships 13 of 46 What were most of the British army solider's armed with? A Brown Bess musket 14 of 46 What were the Light Infantrymen armed with? A Baker rifle 15 of 46 What was the main limitation of the Baker rifle? It was slow to load 16 of 46 What was its accuracy range? 200 yards (twice the range of the musket) 17 of 46 What were the two main projectiles developed by Britain? The shell by Henry Shrapnel and Rockets 18 of 46 Describe the shell developed by Henry Shrapnel It was a metal ball filled with musket balls 19 of 46 When was it designed to explode? In front of or above its target to spew the balls and shell fragments onto the enemy 20 of 46 At what range was it effective? 700 yards 21 of 46 Who had effectively used Rockets before the British? The Indian troops when fighting the East India Company in 1790's. 22 of 46 What was their range? 550m 23 of 46 Who improved them? William Congreve 24 of 46 What did he increase their range to? 2700m 25 of 46 Why were they not regularly used? Because they were inaccurate 26 of 46 When were they successfully used? Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 27 of 46 What guns was the army using during the Crimean war? Rifled-muskets 28 of 46 Who developed a new piece of artillery in the late 1850's? William Armstrong 29 of 46 Describe Armstrongs artillery It was a breech-loading gun (loaded from the rear, not the muzzle) 30 of 46 When was it adopted by the army? 1859 - 60 31 of 46 What happened in 1863? The British decided to return to the previous weapons used 1 32 of 46 Why? Because they had more experience with them and could therefore load them more quickly. 33 of 46 What machine gun entered the army in 1912? The Vickers machine gun 34 of 46 What was its reputation for? Reliability 35 of 46 How many rounds could it fire in a minuet? 500 36 of 46 How many parts was it made up of? What were these parts? 3 - A mounting tripod, the gun itself and a can of water (that fed into the water jacket around the barrle to stop it fron overheating) 37 of 46 Who were the first to use which poison gas and when? The germans used chlorine gas in April 1915 38 of 46 What gas did Britain then develop? Phosgene 39 of 46 When were the first tanks used? The Battle fo the Somme in 1916 40 of 46 Were they successful? Not really - most of them broke down 41 of 46 Why were they never able to make a decisive breakthrough? Because of their mechanical unreliable 42 of 46 What did the British advance in that improved accurate fire? mapping, ariel photography, surveying and communication 43 of 46 What was the fuze 106 designed to do? explode at the slighest impact, and expand its blast horizontally to cut the barbed wire. 44 of 46 What was the main threat to British Naval dominance? German U-Boats 45 of 46 What did Britain do to combat this? Used convoy systems, and use airships and seaplane patrols. 46 of 46
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