May 5, 2015 · The effectiveness of the new VT fused shells exploding in mid-air, on exposed personnel, caused a minor mutiny when German soldiers started refusing orders to move out of their bunkers …

Jan 26, 2023 · Yes, as the German states raised larger numbers of soldiers, the costs were increasingly justified by leasing entire regiments or corps to other states. A favored approach was to lease these …

At Waterloo Napoleon Massed all of Artillery into one giant battery, wellington dispersed his throughout his line, the French fired standard round shot in 3 calibre's and a variety of Grape shot, the British …

Sep 12, 2020 · However, as the Hessian army operated with the British and Hanoverian artillery in western and northern Germany, by the end of the war the artillery was organized according to those …

Oct 2, 2024 · When you look at WW2 and, German Blitzkrieg into France, parallel factors can be seen to apply in facilitating the rapid seizure of territory through Mobile Formations.

Oct 4, 2021 · His insights to war meant that few commanders were better than him in WW2, and it was he who came up with the idea of the assault gun, since German infantry out ran their artillery during …

Aug 3, 2020 · In post #5 above one member has mentioned some numbers for the German states of the Confederation of the Rhine that sent large numbers of troops to Russia. The Bavarian army was the …

Oct 2, 2013 · Blitzkrieg (German, "lightning war"; listen (help·info)) is an anglicized word describing all-mechanized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery and air power, concentrating …

Mar 4, 2017 · Artillery good. They were considered better early and degrading slightly as they begin to use non Germans to fill out the ranks. Click to expand... What did the Kingdom of Italy bring to the …

Nov 20, 2017 · Otoh, the French had overtaken the Germans in heavy artillery by mid-1917 (they always had an edge in direct-fire field artillery). The French in 1918 deployed 2300 tanks (the British 1200 …