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Armies throughout the ages from ancient Greeks to modern armies on the battle field today all vie for technological and tactical advantages. One technological advantage brought to the battle filed time after time winning small skirmishes to wars is artillery, the king of battle. Modern filed artillery has a vast history in war. As early as the 1st century BC. Artillery was used by the ancient Roman armies to not only create divisive victories on the battle filed but all so to break sieges (www.ancient.eu/article n.d). In 322 BC. Andrews, E. (2013) said that, Alexander the great lay siege to the city of Tyre. This primitive form of artillery took several month to eventually take the city and its 150 foot walls. The King of Battle has stood the test of time by undergoing some major technological and tactical changes throughout history and will continue to be a threat on the battle filed in the future. Ballistae were the first form of artillery. They looked like a modern cross bow. They hurled large piece of wood …show more content…

Filloux. Originally used by the French and later adopted by the Americans this piece was transported by a split trail wheeled carriage and towed by either animal or vehicle. It weighed 28,500 pounds, had a 20’ long barrel, could elevate from 0 to +35 degrees and traverse up to 60 degrees each side. The howitzer was operated by a crew of 8 and had a max range of 21,325 yards World War 2 gave way to a major advancement in artillery, Airborne Artillery. The M3 105mm Howitzer was designed to be able to load onto planes and drop with airborne troopers (ONWAR.COM). The tube was a Shorten version of the M2 howitzer. It was designed to provide troops with direct and indirect fire with a Maximum range 8,300 yards. This helped the allied troops greatly, it was issued to cannon companies of infantry regiments and air dropped behind enemy

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