Artillery

The difficulties the infantry found in taking enemy positions without accurate and heavy artillery support. The uncritical atmosphere that existed at the First Army Headquarters, which were mostly officers who knew Haig and his methods, never questioned or challenged his opinions. Haig did not spend a great deal of time before the war to analysis the use of artillery. He believed that artillery was there to assist the advance of the infantry and lower the enemy’s morale. (Travers 1993) Haig…

Tanks early on in the war were poorly built and unfit for combat as it was constantly breaking down. On September 10th, when the first model tank was rested, its tracks fell apart, which occurred again on September 19th when official were viewing the machinery. Although, impressed with the tank consequently, they claimed that it wasn’t right for battle yet. The main error in the construction was the tracks, that were constantly being torn apart or breaking. Despite the critical errors, along…

innovations were created. Many of the inventions impacted present day weapons and field artillery. One of the most common used weapon used happened to be the cannon. Cannons were used on both the Union and Confederate side, because mobility was important. Many soldiers liked how the cannon provided direct contact. Robert P. Parrot is a man known to many people during this time as an inventor. He invented many field artillery used during the Civil War. The cannon had many steps in which to…

Napoleon Bonaparte a young talented penniless artillery officer in 1795 had many military success and took the opportunity to became emperor of France during the French Revolution in which he improved France from left to right , and played a prominent role in France reorientation. At Napoleon peak of his summit , his conscription military units was out maneuvered and defeated on the battle field . He had an altercation in returning to the fight and was strip from being emperor and was then…

The weapons of World War One shaped how future wars would be fought and the evolution of modern weapons. They also showed the people what weapons should not be in any wars under no conditions. WWI also goes to show you how fast something can be introduced and revolutionized to be better in such a short amount of time. Out of all the weapons in World War I probably the scariest weapons used would have to go to the gases. It was first started by the French with non lethal tear gas, soon it was…

battle. This meant that artillery, with an effective range of up to 800 meters, could inflict devastating amounts of damage to infantry and cavalry formations while they maneuvered into position. This was further augmented by the implementation of the howitzer, which was able to fire at a higher trajectory and could therefore bombard targets past terrain features that would have rendered traditional field guns ineffective. Hence, it may be argued that the disparity in artillery between the…

Even though Germany spent the most on their armaments to help their military but that did not do as much as they wanted. They should have spent it on their training of the military not the artillery. But then they were also going up against one of the biggest empires, which was the Britains. In the end this was a deadly war that killed ten million lives with an outcome that was not good for the Triple Alliance. The underlying cause of World…

sides shot planes down with artillery from the ground and with rifles, pistols, and machine guns from other planes. Back on the ground, the tank proved to be the answer to stalemate in the trenches. This British inventions used American-designed caterpillar tracks to move the armored vehicle equipped with machine guns and sometimes light cannon. Tanks worked effectively on firm, dry ground, in spite of their slow speed, mechanical problems, and vulnerability to artillery. Able to crush barbed…

The continuation of the attack would prove successful in the forward movement and closing in on the top of the hill. The British artillery would now have a difficult time identifying British soldiers from Boer soldiers and continued to fire into and on top of the hill. The artillery would kill British soldiers along with Boer’s, which hindered the assault. Even with the superior tactical advantage of the high ground and use of surprise in their attack…

girl is holding a heavy artillery weapon. This is what makes the scene look unusual. The rest of the scene shows a typical library with shelves filled with books, an American flag, a rocking chair, and a cart with books on it.…