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Artillery In Ww1 Research Paper

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I discovered and learned many things about my image, one highlight were the importance of heavy guns such as the 15-inch howitzer and artillery in WW1. The essential need to advance technology and adapt to it was a must in order to keep up with the enemies or a way to win a war. Having units do specific duties ordered to them is important to be efficient and have experienced soldiers know what to do, such as the RMA. These are things that I learned from researching about my image.
Artillery in WW1 was a prerequisite for trench warfare and battle success. Artillery was key to counter trench warfare by firing upon enemy trenches, fortifications, and lessening enemy troops. Using Artillery gave the ability to armies striking enemies without directly facing them, it also can indirectly destroy barbed wire. Not only artillery affected enemies physically were their mentality. Imagine that you were a soldier, crossing no …show more content…

A bigger howitzer was ought to be better than the smaller 9.2-inch howitzer since it was supersized. This was not the case, although it done its job of destroying deep enemy fortifications and had more explosive shells, the labor and time it took was not worth it. Thus, only twelve 15-inch howitzer was made and not mass produced. The size of the 15-inch howitzer made it difficult to transport and emplace, it weighed over 94 tons and took lots of labor to transport the pieces. This relates to advancing technology by developing the 9.2-inch howitzer into the 15-inch howitzer, the British thought it could be impactful in the battlefield, unfortunately the cons weighed the pros. British adapted to the fact to technology that could have a bigger impact or benefits outweighing the cons would be mass produced. Even though the 15-inch howitzer was bigger and had more powerful explosive shells, the 9.2 inch howitzer were to be better use mass

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