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The missing ingredient that prevented the ACW from turning into static trench warfare similar to the later Western Front was probably barbed wire, which was onl
by inglor_cz 4y ago
The missing ingredient that prevented the ACW from turning into static trench warfare similar to the later Western Front was probably barbed wire, which was only patented in 1867.
- refurb 4y agoPresumably also the rate of fire of WW1 weapons. While the ACW had Gatling guns and canons, the rate of fire during WW1 far exceeded anything seen before. The only protection was a trench