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'''Artillery''' are military units which function as the modern equivalents of [[siege]] engines by attacking enemy formations from far-off, safe, immobile positions.  Artillery in the form of [[cannon]]s was a key element of [[Napoleon|Napoleonic warfare]], used to "shell" (attack) enemy [[infantry]] line-of-battle formations.  Artillery pieces were also a key element in the [[Civil War]], leading to many bloody battles, such as [[Antietam]].
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'''Artillery''' are military units which function as the modern equivalents of siege engines by attacking enemy formations from far-off, safer, often immobile positions.   
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Artillery causes casualties, damages enemy equipment and disrupts enemy communications.
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Artillery in the form of [[cannon]]s was a key element of [[Napoleon|Napoleonic warfare]], used to "shell" (attack) enemy [[infantry]] line-of-battle formations.  Artillery pieces were also a key element in the [[Civil War]], leading to many bloody battles, such as Antietam. In [[WWII]], [[Joseph Stalin]] called artillery the "god of war".
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