Grenades during World War I
The grenades of World War I can be described as empty cans filled with gun powder and stones, with a primitive fuse. Grenades were created early in the fifteenth century in Germany. Grenades were invented by Sir William Mills. The grenade was created to allow infantrymen to have "artillery" at arms length.
The Impact and Consequence of GrenadesThe use of grenades in WWI had a major effect on trench warfare and battles after WWI. It made trench warfare much more unpredictable, before killing went in waves, one side would attack and then the other side would, they would take turns going back and forth. But with grenades you shot then when ever you could, when they weren't expecting it. Grenades effected the soldiers and the civilians near the front lines in Europe because it gave them another weapon to use but it also gave them something to be attacked with. The positive things about using this weapon are, it kills a lot of people at one, its not a lot of work, and they aren't expensive to make. There aren't really negatives to using grenades. Connection to TodayHand grenades are the most common type of modern grenades, its a small bomb that can be thrown by hand. Grenades have improved in a lot of ways since WWI, for example they are a lot smaller and easier to throw, the are also a lot more destructive and there are many different kinds of Grenades. The grenade is used in battles today. Hand grenades are thrown mostly by the US, today.
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Madison Cooper