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This. As a former infantryman the one thing that still strikes me with awe to this day is the destructive power of artillery. People cannot fathom what it’s cap
by ryanmarsh 4y ago
This. As a former infantryman the one thing that still strikes me with awe to this day is the destructive power of artillery. People cannot fathom what it’s capable of.
Go up in a tall building, maybe to the 20th floor or so. Eyeball a built up area 1km square. Now picture every structure reduced to rubble in an instant. Now imagine 10km square reduced to rubble in just a few minutes.
Quick work for an artillery battery.
- jcims 4y agoNever experienced it myself but seeing those piles of shells from WWI just sends my brain to uninitialized memory. https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/shells-creeping-bombardment-on-german-lines-1916/ https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/shells-creeping-bombardment...
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