9. Approximately 30 different poisonous gasses were used . Soldiers were told to hold a urine-soaked cloth over their faces in case of an emergency. By 1918, gas masks with filter respirators were used. At the end of the war, many countries signed treaties banning the use.
10. World War I also marked the first widespread use of machine guns. Hiram Maxim patented the weapon in the U.S. in 1884. His Maxim machine gun weighed 100 pounds, was water-cooled and could fire 450-600 rounds per minute. Most of the machine guns used in the war were of Maxim design.
The Gas Mask Had to Be a HUGE Improvement. --DaCoot
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