Well, the constant bombardment of shells could cause the mental illness of shell shock. the symptoms being headaches, giddiness, lack of concentration and so on.... If men had shell shock they could not cope with the overwhelming pressure and so used to attempt to escape but were usually caught and were shot at dawn or tied to a post within the range of the enemy fire so they would be killed.
Not nice.
So men were lucky to survive the artillery fire - they could be killed by a direct hit or the effects of the explosion.
Artillery in WW1 was used in Battery or even larger formations.
Artillery bombardment is when massed artillery fire at the same target area and obliterate it. This came to it's greatest use in WW1 by both sides.
Heavy artillery had not been widely used or that powerful in any previous war.
Blam! HAWH!
More soldiers died of artillery shell explosions than any other cause
Artillery in WW1 was used in Battery or even larger formations.
All sides in WW1 used artillery.
Artillery in WW1 was used in Battery or even larger formations.
Artillery bombardment is when massed artillery fire at the same target area and obliterate it. This came to it's greatest use in WW1 by both sides.
They didnt THey would get killed by machine gunners or artillery fire. 1 Man with machine gun = 40 rifle men
No, the bullets have no effect on artillery and tanks.
Heavy artillery had not been widely used or that powerful in any previous war.
A long range German artillery weapon made by Krupp in WW1.
Long guns, hand guns, artillery
Royal Artillery, Royal Canadian Artillery an many other Artillery regiments along with the motto Ubique
That was 'observing' the enemy in WW1, seeing where his major troop concentrations and artillery were.
They were used as artillery spotters, as observers of enemy troop movements ,as fighters and as bombers.