Technology+and+weapons

=**Weapons/Technology**=

World war 2 was a time of new technology. The advance in technology and warfare were more destuctable than the weapons and technology used in world war 1. Aircraft: Air crafts were used for fighting and bombing enemies. They upgraded planes by creating a plane that could air lift any thing that the armies could use such as weapons, medical supplies or an atomic bomb. They also developed radar which could detect the range, altitude, direction or speed of objects such as submarines, aircrafts, and other machines.



Submarines were a weapon used underwater. A boat could get attacked by a submarine and get sunk.(ww2 weapons) //These are submarines.//

There were many pistols used durring world war ii. Armies used revolvers and semi automatic pistols. PIstols were considered simple weapons because they were easy to handle and light weight. Some types of revolvers and guns are: Enfield #2, Mark 1, Webely Mark 4, M1911A1 (colt), Tola- tokareu model 1933 (TT-33), Browning 1935 'Grande Puissance', The Luger (pistole 38), Type 14 (Nambu) and a Beretta Modello 1934. Some other weapons that were used in world war 2 were: Hand granades, light motars, Flame throwers, Bazookas, Tanks, rockets, U boats, chemical gasses, cannons swords and knives, Bolt action rifles, sniper rifles, semi automatic rifles sub machine guns and assault rifles.(weapons)



Bolt action rifles: Most soldiers were equipped with one. It was a powerful and accurate weapon. It required manual reloading after each shot.

//These are bolt action rifles//

Hand granades: They have a low price and they are still used today. Theese are grenages.

Bazooka: It is a rocket propelled weapon. Flamethrowers: It was a simple way to kill the enemy using fire. It opperated by spraying a stream of falmible liquid at the target.

Submachine guns/Machine pistols: Some examples are, The Sten mark 2, M3, M1A1 (Thompson), The owen, Berretto Modello 1938A,and the pistolet pulemet Shpaigin.(What weapons were used for in ww2)


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