USA HISTORY

Which new weapon was created to break through “no man’s land”?

(A) Airplane

(B) ** Tank

(C) Chemical Weapons

(D) Grenades

Concept note-1: -Barbed wire and machine-guns stopped many Allied attacks with heavy casualties in 1915 and early 1916. The British turned to armoured vehicles as one way to cross No Man’s Land and break through the enemy trench system.

Concept note-2: -Grenades were ideal weapons for trench warfare, they could be thrown into enemy positions before troops entered them.

Concept note-3: -The tank was developed as a means to break the stalemate on the Western Front in World War I. Military technology of the time favored the defense. Even if an attack did succeed, it was almost impossible to exploit the breach before the enemy rushed in reinforcements to stabilize the front.

Concept note-4: -Military technology of the time included important innovations in machine guns, grenades, and artillery, along with essentially new weapons such as submarines, poison gas, warplanes and tanks.