. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. BRITISH HOWITZER, MOUNTED ON SEMI-PERMANENT BASE The name artillery is also given to theland troops by whom these arms areserved, whether they accompany an armyin the field, take part in sieges, or occupyfixed posts. Technically speaking, artillery includesall projectile weapons whose propel- idea was grasped and the possibilities ofthe new arm demonstrated, developmentswere rapid. Its use spread through allEurope in the 16th century, but it wasnot until the 17th tha
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. BRITISH HOWITZER, MOUNTED ON SEMI-PERMANENT BASE The name artillery is also given to theland troops by whom these arms areserved, whether they accompany an armyin the field, take part in sieges, or occupyfixed posts. Technically speaking, artillery includesall projectile weapons whose propel- idea was grasped and the possibilities ofthe new arm demonstrated, developmentswere rapid. Its use spread through allEurope in the 16th century, but it wasnot until the 17th that its value in war-fare was measurably utilized by Gus-tavus Adolphus in the Thirty Years ARTILLERY 282 ARTILLERY War. Napoleon used it with telling ef- rivalry between France and Germany feet in his campaigns, and laid especial resulted in many other important im- stress upon the concentration of artillery provements. Austria - Hungary, Italy, fire. The most important modern im- Russia, Japan, Switzerland, and the. ^^£Wii^£y ITALIAN 16 MORTAR provements in artillery, besides the in- United States each strove to perfect its crease in size, is the general adoption of own artillery and to meet its special rifled ordnance, breech-loaders, and ma- requirements. In the World War the chine-guns. Throughout the 19th cen- use of artillery was on a scale un- tury the Great Powers increasingly paralleled up to that time. The Germans
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