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The artillery of World War I, improved over that used in previous wars, influenced the tactics, operations, and strategies that were used by the belligerents. This led to trench warfare and encouraged efforts to break the resulting stalemate at the front. World War I raised artillery to a new level of importance on the battlefield.
Gruson 5.3cm L/24 Fahrpanzer (mobile artillery turret) Krupp 3.7 cm L/14.5 Sockelflugzeugabwehrkanone (anti-aircraft gun) Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 (field gun) Paris Gun (also known as 21 cm "Wilhelm") Rheinmetall 3.7 cm M1918 Tankabwehrkanone (anti-tank gun)
According to the pre-war French strategy document, Plan XVII, German forces in the area were only expected to be light, with French light, rapid-firing artillery proving advantageous in a wooded terrain such as that found in the Ardennes. However, what emerged was totally opposite; the French eagerly charged at German positions in the woods ...
World War I railway artillery of Germany (10 P) Pages in category "World War I artillery of Germany" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.
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Tanks came about as means to break the stalemate of trench warfare.They were developed to break through barbed wire and destroy enemy machine gun posts. The British and the French were the major users of tanks during the war; tanks were a lower priority for Germany as it assumed a defensive strategy.
During the unstable European peace following Franco-Prussian War (1870—1871), the machine gun and the rapid-fire field artillery gun had been developed. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] At the start of the war, some major powers did not know that the development of such weapons ruined the effectiveness of frontal infantry or cavalry charges, and that trench ...
The weapon was far more efficient than its artillery counterpart: in comparison, the 7.7 cm (3.0 in) FK 96 n/A needed to be towed by a team of six horses, compared with a single horse for the LMW; additionally, the LMW could be moved around the battlefield by four men.