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> once the sniper nest was located, call in an artillery strike. did they have radios? Or would they send a runner?
by fnord77 5y ago
> once the sniper nest was located, call in an artillery strike.
did they have radios? Or would they send a runner?
- nine_k 5y agoA phone. Field phones were very much a thing during WWI and WWII, with point to point wiring laid down very soon after gaining control over the territory, or even before that.
- DyslexicAtheist 5y agoalso carrier pigeons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pigeon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_pigeon
- inglor_cz 5y agoIn the pre-transistor times, radios were heavy and used a lot of energy. Even in WWII, field radios weighed about 35-40 pounds. A soldier with a radio could not carry a lot of other equipment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCR-300 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCR-300 Vacuum tubes are a clumsy technology.