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Artillery causes casualties, damages/destroys enemy equipment and disrupts enemy communications.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrubDDcygb4 Effects of artillery]</ref> | Artillery causes casualties, damages/destroys enemy equipment and disrupts enemy communications.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrubDDcygb4 Effects of artillery]</ref> | ||
| − | 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". | + | 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".<ref>Bellamy, Christopher (2004). "artillery". Oxford Companion to Military History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860696-3.</ref> |
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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.
Artillery causes casualties, damages/destroys enemy equipment and disrupts enemy communications.[1]
Artillery in the form of cannons was a key element of 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".[2]
References
- ↑ Effects of artillery
- ↑ Bellamy, Christopher (2004). "artillery". Oxford Companion to Military History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860696-3.
