That rate of fire, combined with good marksmanship, turned ordinary soldiers into surprisingly effective long-range killers.
Commonly dubbed the “King of Battle,” artillery is a critical asset to any military. Indeed, modern warfare leverages the destructive nature of artillery to shape the battlefield from extended ranges.
Ground wars are still won with bullets and artillery shells. The US can’t make the latter fast enough. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has evolved into a throwback to an earlier, ordnance-intensive era ...
Russia and Ukraine have relied heavily on artillery to batter each other's forces. Both sides have had to scramble to find more ammunition to keep those guns firing. The dynamic has prompted Russia to ...
At the end of Operation Desert Storm in early 1991, the United States Army was extolling the performance of America’s new and technically advanced weapons. Making their combat debuts were the Patriot ...
The 90 M777 howitzers that the United States is providing to Ukraine will not only make it more difficult for the Russians to move out in the open but the guns could also support a future Ukrainian ...
Seventeen months into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, and a month into Ukraine’s long-anticipated southern counteroffensive, Ukrainian forces are winning a key battle—the counterbattery battle. That is ...