No army went to war in 1914 ready to conduct trench warfare
operations. All the armies of the First World War discovered that
prolonged trench warfare required new types of munitions alongside the
conventional howitzers, large-calibre guns and explosive shells. This
volume examines how the British went about inventing and manufacturing
new weaponry such as hand grenades, rifle grenades and trench mortars
when no body of knowledge about trench warfare munitions existed. It
also examines how tactics were developed for these new munitions.
Based on new research, this is the first book to discuss the
complexity of invention and manufacture of novel weapons such as the
Mills grenade and the Stokes mortar, and to consider the relationship
between technical design and operational tactics on the ground. In so
doing the book presents a different model of the trench warfare
conducted by the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front, and
also provides a blueprint to understanding the relationship between
technology and tactics applicable to all types of weapons and warfare.
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ISBN
9781441173775
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Continuum
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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