During World War I the Germans used many different types of naval weapons including a large fleet of battleships. The most effective naval weapon that the German army had was the merchant u-ship submarines.
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The Machine gun was the most effective weapon in world war one. It killed more than 7million people out of 8 1/2million. Used to protect trenches. It was effective enough that a counter measure had to be developed to overcome it. The tank. Even in WW2, Gen Patton stated that the primary weapon of a tank was it's machine gun, and not it's cannon.Was and still is.
A survey taken among soldiers and their commanding officers after World War I voted the machine gun the most effective/devastating weapon of that war. A similar study done after WW II named field artillery to this dubious honor.
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The most widespread firearm is by far and away the AK-47, but the most widely used weapon? probably a simple knife/machete