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Reinventing warfare 1914-18 : novel munitions and tactics of trench warfare / Anthony Saunders.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saunders, Anthony, author.
- Series:
- Continuum studies in military history.
- Continuum Studies in Military History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Trench warfare.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Trench mortars.
- Grenades.
- World War (1914-1918).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 362 p. ) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, New York : Continuum, 2012.
- Summary:
- Anthony Saunders presents new research highlighting the invention of new weaponry and its front-line combat use.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Introduction / 1. Invention, Innovation andaTrench Warfare / 2. Trench Warfare Munitions before 1914 / 3. The Bureaucracy of Invention / 4. A Question of Engineering / 5.Royal Engineers / 6. The Technicalities of Grenades / 7.aTrench Mortars / 8. The Evolution of Grenade Warfare / 9. The Tactical Employment of Mortars / 10. Invention, Fireplay and Mobility / Glossary / Bibliography / Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781441116673
- 1441116672
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