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5 of the Most Brutal Weapons of World War One

5 of the Most Brutal Weapons of World War One

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By Michael Peck

Today we take granted that warfare is mechanized, electronicized, a form of human activity where humans are the least important component.

But it didn’t seem that way in 1914. Europeans sleepwalked into war dreaming of cavalry charges and massed infantry charges with fixed bayonets. They awoke to confront the machine gun and the U-boat, the tank and the airplane.

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Which were the deadliest weapons of World War I? There are so many choices. Here are five:

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