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Captain Rohr attributed the unit's casualties to their lack of experience with hand-to-hand combat and grenades, as well as poor coordination between supporting weapons and the infantry. He broached this information to the High Command of the 5th Army, and was ordered to re-train the unit in close-combat tactics. [ 10 ]
Willy Martin Ernst Rohr (19 May 1877 – 8 March 1930) was a German Army officer who was a major contributor to the development of infantry tactics in World War I, particularly for the system of Storm Battalions.
The new tactics developed by Captain Rohr, building much on his own previous experiences from the front, was based on the use of squad sized stormtroops ("Sturmtruppen" or "Stoßtruppen"), supported by a number of heavy support weapons and field artillery that was to be coordinated at the lowest level possible and rolling up enemy trenches ...
Before and during World War I, the gun used about 56.6 kg (125 lb) of RP C/12 (Rohr-Pulver – tube powder) [2] propellant that was a mix of nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin and small amounts of other additives with a calorific value of 950 and an uncooled explosion temperature of 2,975 kelvins.
Pages in category "World War I infantry weapons of the United States" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
These are types of guns used during World War I. The term "Gun" is used to describe a cannon that fires a shell at high velocity in a relatively flat trajectory and increases range by elevating the muzzle; this compares to a Howitzer , which fires a shell at lower velocity in a high trajectory.
A SK L/40 gun on a coastal defense mount in Belgium. Side view of a "Bruno" and its crew in 1918. Some of the 28 cm SK L/40 guns were transferred to the German Army from the Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) when the pre-dreadnoughts began to be disarmed and relegated to training duties in 1916 after the Battle of Jutland had proved that they were not suitable for contemporary naval combat.