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 | | Artillery Impacts on Naval Warfare | | by balisunset, Aug 26, 2008 | | A distinct area of artillery development was warfare at sea. Ships’ guns were used to bombard shore positions in support of amphibious operations, and in ship-to-ship or fleet actions to de-mast, demobilize, and sometimes sink enemy ships. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Artillery Impacts on Siege Warfare | | by balisunset, Aug 26, 2008 | | A main effect of the ‘‘artillery revolution’’ in hitting power and accuracy was to reduce the role of fixed fortifications and briefly restore battle to a primary place in war. It did this by forcing defenders to emerge from their fortifications and offer combat in the field, or lose. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The First Cannon Ever Made | | by balisunset, Aug 26, 2008 | | Gunpowder rockets were used in warfare in Asia from the early 11th century. There was also experimentation with bamboo-tube gunpowder weapons. By the 13th century the Chinese developed metal tubes that lay fair claim to be the first gunpowder cannon. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Artillery Ammunition in the Middle Ages | | by balisunset, Aug 26, 2008 | | The projectiles fired by cannon also changed over time. Where "pots de fer" fired darts with iron or wood "feathers," the first tubular cannon fired stone balls (the type of stone varied according to availability, from sandstone, to marble, alabaster, and granite). | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Field Artillery Before the 18th Century | | by balisunset, Aug 26, 2008 | | To kill men in battle outside their fortifications, field artillery was developed. Mobile guns light enough to accompany infantry and cavalry on the march and still be effective weapons, took a long time to develop. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Artillery in Asia Before the 18th Century | | by balisunset, Aug 26, 2008 | | Ottoman sultans boasted a fine artillery train, purchased from Europe or cast in their own foundries with initial assistance from renegade gunsmiths. Ottoman commanders campaigning along or beyond the frontier often left the big guns in reserve. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The Origin of Artillery | | by balisunset, Aug 26, 2008 | | The term "artillery" originally covered all projectile equipment used in war, including ordinary bows and crossbows. It could even refer to any instrument of war, including swords, pikes, and armor. In ancient and medieval siege warfare torsion and counter-poise projectile weapons (catapults, springalds, and trebuchets) were termed artillery. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Aborigines and Australian Frontier War | | by balisunset, Aug 24, 2008 | | A series of frontier wars waged by Australian Aborigines against British settlers, soldiers, and police from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century for control of what is now Australia. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Battle of Aspern-Essling (1809) | | by balisunset, Aug 24, 2008 | | This was the first defeat of a Napoleonic army, inflicted by the Austrian army under Archduke Charles near Vienna on May 21 and 22, 1809. Having defeated the Austrians in Bavaria, Napoleon marched down the Danube to capture Vienna on May 12. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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