"[The shells] simply dropped from space like some huge meteorite." On March 21, 1918, terror suddenly rained down from the ...

But when World ... war. The British Mark I tank was used in September 1916. It held ten men and reached speeds of almost four miles per hour. Battleships were the largest warships and had very big ...

But when World ... war. The British Mark I tank was used in September 1916. It held ten men and reached speeds of almost four miles per hour. Battleships were the largest warships and had very big ...

Various guns were used, until a true dueling pistol was officially standardized in 1777, as "a 9 or 10 inch barreled, smooth bore flintlock of 1 inch bore, carrying a ball of 48 to the pound." ...

Auckland Museum Collection: EPH–W1–1 ... Guns and ammunition were transported to gun positions using horses and mules. High-explosive and shrapnel shells dominated World War I battlefields.