The importance of artillery in warfare grew more and more throughout the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. New developments such as solid cannon barrels improved hit accuracy and the range of projectiles. This Fact File volume focuses on German Artillery during the Great War, when it could be argued that artillery was for the first time the dominant weapon on the battlefield. Wolfgang Fleischer discusses the diversity of artillery developed and used during the First World War by the Germans. AUTHOR: Wolfgang Fleischer, born in 1952, is Head of Department in military technology in the Military History Museum of the Bundeswehr in Dresden and guest lecturer for historical ordnance at the Sprengschule Dresden. He has published a number of books and articles covering weapons, ammunition, ordnance and military vehicles. 151 b/w photographs and 7 colour images
