Artillery was where the US had a real qualitative edge in WWII. There were the radio equipped forward observers that could call in a barrage with drastically l

Artillery was where the US had a real qualitative edge in WWII. There were the radio equipped forward observers that could call in a barrage with drastically lower latency than any other combatant. There were the computer generated firing tables aiding both accuracy and allowing things like time on target barrages[1]. And towards the end there were the proximity fused shells. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_On_Target https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_On_Target