Artillery in Defense: Course in Organization and Tactics
Abstract
The purpose and scope of this paper are very strictly limited, The argument, briefly, is this: we have a standard text-book, of unimpeachable value and authority, now some ten years old; what modifications have become necessary in that part of this book which discusses the present subject, by reason? of recent developments in materiel and methods? At first sight, it may also seem that the beak must be made ever. We have heard, of late, two separate lines of argument, both going to show that the old principles of artillery tactics were out of date- that everything must be radically changed revolutionized, One school argues from theory, usually with the new French field gun as a text; the other from experience, citing the lessons of the Anglo-Boer war, but both demand radical changes in principles, not merely in details.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 14, 1904
- Accession Number
- AD1133695
Entities
People
- O. L. Spaulding
Organizations
- United States Army Command and General Staff College