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How key WW1 weapons reshaped combat then - and still influence combat now

That rate of fire, combined with good marksmanship, turned ordinary soldiers into surprisingly effective long-range killers. The idea that a well-drilled infantryman with a repeating rifle can shape a ...
Stars and Stripes

Blast from the past: Cold War artillery command in Germany resurrected and restructured

STUTTGART, Germany — A two-star general will lead a new European theater command in Germany that will oversee efforts to coordinate artillery and other advanced weaponry focused on hitting more ...
Birmingham Mail

Bomb squad called as First World War artillery shell found at Lickey Hills

The bomb squad rushed to a Midland beauty spot after a First World War artillery shell was found at the Lickey Hills. The team from the Ministry of Defence was called in this morning (November 22) ...
BBC

WW1 German Artillery Field Manual 1914

This German Field Manual was found by my grandfather and namesake William Campbell in a German artillery dug-out near Flesquieres in Northern France on 20 November 1917 when he was 20 years old. The ...
Express & Star

First World War artillery shell found by River Severn magnet fisherman destroyed in controlled explosion

West Mercia Police said the suspected live 15lb first world war artillery shell was found on Wednesday by a magnet fisherman in the River Severn in Worcester city centre. Police said the bomb squad - ...
BBC

Unexploded WW1 artillery shell found in Newark

An unexploded World War One artillery shell has been found in a river by a marina worker. James Wilkinson, who works at Newark Marina in Nottinghamshire, was dredging the water at about 11:00 GMT when ...