Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuvandudzwa kwepfuti dzinodzokorora dzinoshanda nepombi muma1890 kwakatungamirira kushandiswa kwadzo neU.S. Marines mukumukira kwePhilippines uye naGeneral "Black Jack" Pershing's
kutsvaka Pancho Villa, uye "mhirizhonga" pfuti nokukurumidza vakawana nyasha pamwe vehurumende mapurisa zvikamu, asi pfungwa ano kurwa pfuti akanga zvakazara dzakabudirira nokuda American Expeditionary Forces muHondo Yenyika I. The "trench pfuti", sezvo rainzi, aiva pfupi-barreled pombi chiito pfuti akatakura 6 vaitenderera rine antimony yakaoma 00 buckshot, uye vakapakata bayonet. Iyo M1897 uye M1912 inogonawo kupfurwa nekukasira: chombo chisina chinodzima chinodzima, magirazi aigona kupfurwa imwe mushure meimwe nekungoshanda slide kana chinodzima chikabatwa pasi, kunyangwe mukupisa kwekurwa munhu aigona nyore kupfupisa chombo uye kuchivhara. Pakurwa mukati medanga, pfuti pfupi yaigona kukurumidza kutenderedzwa ndokupfurwa mumativi ose ari maviri munharaunda yedanga racho. Mapfuti acho akaita kuti hurumende yeGermany irambe, ichiti mapfuti acho akaita kuti vanhu vakawanda vakuvadzwe, uye kuti masoja aizowanikwa aine pfuti dzacho aizourayiwa. Hurumende yeU.S. yakaramba kutaura kwacho, uye yakatyisidzira kutsiva zvimwe chetezvo kana chero mauto eU.S. akaurayiwa nokuda kwokuva nepfuti.