Boba_Fett Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 People have been wondering why artillery is more effective during winter battles. My grandfather (who was an officer in the war between Finland and Russia) said that this was due to the fact that a shell causes much more fragments when hitting a hard winter ground (by this I mean fragments which are on top of the surface and thus considered harmful). When hitting soft soil, a shell penetrates the ground and so the power of the explosion and the fragments lose some of their effectiveness as they partly concentrate below surface. Naturally this doesn't always mean that using artillery would be ideal during winter. Thick and soft snow can dramatically lower the lethality of an artillery barrage due to the reasons I wrote about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMcGuire Posted April 15, 2001 Share Posted April 15, 2001 I've read that in the far north (like Russia) the shells can bounce off the ground, effectively turning a ground-burst into an air-burst, which of course does quite a bit more shrapnel damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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