Taft's Weapons
The lack of weapons, especially rifles, was a critical challenge for the entry of the United States into World War One. The United States war plan was to draft and arm ten million young men, roughly ten-percent of the United States population. Where the nations of France and Germany had practiced universal military service for a generation, the United States had not tried to arm so many men since the United States Civil War, some fifty years earlier. The United States had roughly 500,000 Model1903 Springfield bolt-action rifles in 1914 and would have two-million by 1940 AD. Taft's Weapons details the design changes to the 1903A3 Springfield, .45 automatic and other weapons to speed production and make them more affordable.
The other predictable challenge to all armies fighting World War One was trench warfare. Despite massive numerical superiority, the United States had lost 1,200 men to 760 Spanish defenders in the assault on the San Juan heights, in Cuba, during the Spanish American War. The entrenched Spanish lost only 120 men. These losses could not be endured in a broad assault on a trench extending from the Netherlands to Switzerland with a million defenders.
Taft's Weapons details the new weapons developed by United States designers for trench warfare from wire-cutters through mortars to landships. Aircraft design had lagged behind Europe and new engines were critical to improved performance.
The other predictable challenge to all armies fighting World War One was trench warfare. Despite massive numerical superiority, the United States had lost 1,200 men to 760 Spanish defenders in the assault on the San Juan heights, in Cuba, during the Spanish American War. The entrenched Spanish lost only 120 men. These losses could not be endured in a broad assault on a trench extending from the Netherlands to Switzerland with a million defenders.
Taft's Weapons details the new weapons developed by United States designers for trench warfare from wire-cutters through mortars to landships. Aircraft design had lagged behind Europe and new engines were critical to improved performance.
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