Artillery

of about 24 aircraft from heavy bombers to gliders. There were also 29 tanks from heavy tanks to light tanks. There were 28 vehicles from armored fighting vehicles to tractors. 8 warships that dropped of troops on the beach. twenty seven types of artillery ranging from anti-aircraft to

Air defense artillery is our first and final line of defense against aerial attack. Since World War I. Before air defense was established men and women faced an airborne threat in a technology driven ever changing world. This forced progression of military power brought a then need for air defense artillery, which will come to be its own branch in later years. The need for our branch to combat a constant threat is met by American soldiers that have been trained proficiently in their duties. This

Eastern Prussia, the Russian military was preparing to attack Berlin. The Russian artillery was effectively used because they were put inside giant fortresses with powerful guns. The Russian military spent a lot of the funds to develop the fixed artillery instead of the moving artillery. In 1906, 700 million Roubles were used for the fortress guns development and only 113 million roubles were spent for field artillery. The Mosin Ngant and Variants are two very popular rifles in the Russian military

generation. Erich Maria Remarque utilizes morbid imagery in order to teach readers how is war is vile and putrid. Early on the soldiers get acquainted to sounds of war when ear piercing screams come from fatally wounded horses that fell victim to enemy artillery fire. The author creates this imagery “But this appalling noise, these groans and screams penetrate, they penetrate everywhere.” (Remarque 62) Remarque creates a noise that can’t be forgotten and really displays the effect it has on the soldiers

World War I was the first major war where technology was relied on more than the troops themselves. After what was called the “Second Industrial Revolution” most major countries started to create new technologies that in the end would pave the way for World War I. These technologies ranged from the most used everyday things all the way up to specific types of weaponry to be used in specific scenarios along the trenches. Most of these technologies of war, developed from common civilian or household

Artillery shells started as unpredictable and quickly developed into valuable weaponry. The high demand for shell production resulted in poorly constructed shells than went off to soon or not at all. Improved factory worker training, machine refinement, and quality control contributed to reliable production of the needed quantities and quality of shells (Baker, 2015) Part of the artilleries success was that it could be placed behind an obstacle

seven foot wide walls with a legion of cannons, can be breeched and seized without any loss from enemy fire. With continuous and accurate fires while being out of reach from enemy fires this technology to which is still in use today in modern field artillery cannons. We will be exploring the historical timeline of this battle. Not just the significance of this particular fort battle in the Civil War, but also in how rifled cannon tubes changed the course of this battle. The Origin of Fort Pulaski

It seemed so unreal that we were here together. By now, it was 6:00 pm and it was going poorly. Every time we shot one that was firing at us, it seemed like five more came and took their place. Around 6:05 pm they started shelling us with heavy artillery. The shells were going on all around us and they just kept coming and coming and getting louder and faster. One shell seemed as big as a watermelon and could take out a building with a single hit. Then suddenly, it stopped but we knew they were

WAR FROM THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY TO INVENTION OF GUNPOWDER The invention of the powerful artillery guns would change man 's role in warring engagements. The artillery guns at first were very limited by their own design. The guns were very heavy and had to be transported by water, which meant that only towns and fortresses that were close to a body of water could be attacked with artillery also known as the cannon. There were also some fortresses that were impervious to the early cannon attacks

The Somme: The Darkest Hour on the Western Front by Peter Hart is a narrative describing the battle at the Somme. It begins with a description of the war before for the action and the preparations that took place to prepare for this battle. It progresses quickly then to the opening day, with its goal of breaking through the German lines. The author then discusses the numerous battles that occurred over this four and a half months long battle until the stalemate ending. The author then offers an assessment