John Kettler Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 FIRE FOR EFFECT: Field Artillery and Close Air Support in the U.S. Army by John McGrath, is a recent study by the Combat Studies Institute of the U.S. Army's Command & General Staff School. http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/mcgrath_fire.pdf People here will be particularly interested in the WW II section commencing on page 57, complete with the new insights into airpower effectiveness versus ground troops, to include what the COBRA carpet bombing really did to Panzer Lehr, and the poorly modeled large disruptive effects of air attack, even when the damage was minuscule. Grogs will love the coverage of Napoleonic artillery, artillery at Gettysburg, Bruchmuller's innovations in WW I, American revolutionary artillery improvements between the wars and more. Haven't looked at the post WW II stuff yet. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Looks interesting, but dang, it's proving hard to d/l. Has stalled 3 times so far and I'm only up to 60%. Edit: Finally got it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 25, 2012 Author Share Posted September 25, 2012 Baneman, I don't know what the problem is, but it was a slog here, too. This with 50 MB/sec download speed! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 My first impression is a negative one. The credits for the cover art state that the image of the artillery is; Cover photos include the A-10 Thunderbolt, AH-64 Apache, and the M102 105-mm howitzer. Quite clearly the artillery piece is an M198 155mm howitzer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted September 26, 2012 Author Share Posted September 26, 2012 c3k, Fortunately, the text is much better than the cover pics! I say this while having read it up through the early part of WW I. I especially like the analysis of the artillery shoot by the Confederates at Gettysburg, to which I'd add that one civil war historian, Shelby Foote, said that cannonade was the first walking barrage in history. This was because the Confederate guns dug out the ground a little deeper with their trails on each shot, effectively increasing gun elevation slightly as firing wore on. Things got exciting when the walking barrage started landing near the house where Union commander, General George Meade had his headquarters! See STARS IN THEIR COURSES for details. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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