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 Artillery Summary
1,027 words, approx. 3 pages The term artillery refers to any mounted gun or weapon that discharges missiles. The first example of artillery can be traced back to the Stone Age when there is evidence that prehistoric people used slings (probably made of animal hides or vines) to... summary from source:
 Artillery : Medieval France
368 words, approx. 1 pages. Playing a major role in medieval warfare, artillery evolved parallel to the art of fortification. Although Roger Bacon introduced gunpowder to the West ca. 1260 and the English used cannon at Crécy in 1346, it took a further century of... summary from source:
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Artillery with Gabion fortification Cannons on display at Fort Point Continental Artillery crew from the American Revolution Firing of an 18-pound gun, Louis-Philippe Crepin, (1772 – 1851) A forge-welded Iron Cannon in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. This... 
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 Artillery Quotes
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Artillery (from French artillerie ) refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. The term also describes ground-based troops with the primary function of manning such weapons. Sourced Our artillery... The Germans feared it...
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 Sabretache Artillery and Australia.
03/01/2001: 8,757 words, approx. 29 pages Forget not your great guns for they are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings. -- Frederick the Great It is interesting that this advice came from one of the most competent commanders of the latter half of the... summary from source:
FA Journal Artillery Surveyors.
01/01/2001: 2,403 words, approx. 8 pages Nomads of the Battlefield In the old days, determining the accurate location of artillery batteries and target elements so units could mass fires was the arduous task of the artillery surveyor--on foot with transits, aiming circles, tapes and slide rules. The magnitude... summary from source:
 AP News U.S. launches artillery into Pakistan
2/11/2007: 920 words, approx. 3 pagesAsserting a right to self-defense, American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote U.S. outposts, the commander of U.S. forces in the region said Sunday.The skirmishes are politically sensitive because Pakistan's government, regarded by the... summary from source:
AP News Artillery and mortars rock Mogadishu
3/31/2007: 542 words, approx. 2 pagesArtillery fire and mortar shells rained down on Somalia's capital Saturday, killing and wounding untold numbers of civilians as government and Ethiopian troops tried to wipe out Islamist insurgents.The offensive, which started Thursday, has sparked the heaviest fighting in Mogadishu since the early 1990s. On...
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