Science Source ftp Apr 2015
EN_01170126_0808
British soldiers loading a cannon or howitzer in a camouflaged bunker, 1915. The onset of trench warfare after the first few months of First World War greatly increased the demand for howitzers that gave a steep angle of descent, which were better suited than guns to the task of striking targets in a vertical plane (such as trenches), with large amounts of explosive and considerably less barrel wear.
2015-04-07
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