Talk:Artillery of World War I

Thorough Rewrite needed
Article is heavily biased towards the American and maybe British side of World War I WP:POV, as well as to be wikified. It may be likely that it has been copied from a website.-- KelvinHO Wiknerd ( talk ) 16:50, 13 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Confirmed that it was copied. Original article |here-- KelvinHO Wiknerd ( talk ) 17:09, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the original source is here. And it may be in the public domain as it appears to be a publication by the US government. -- Whpq (talk) 19:25, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

Thorough Rewrite required I know that Americans like to think that they won the war, but to refuse to mention the nations which made victory possible in the long run (referring to the UK and France)is a bit harsh. Why isn't there any mention of the British, German or Russian artillery makes in this article? -- DRAC250 — Preceding undated comment added 29 December 2008‎


 * Yes, big expansion required, completey US-centric. I have added another maintenance tag to go with the ones already there.  This is the most serious problem with this article.  If one did not know any better one could come away from this article with the impression that the war started in 1917 and was fought entirely by the US.  Discussion should include descriptions of British, French and German artillery pieces; artillery strategy in major battles such as the Battle of the Somme; and changes in artillery tactics.  On that last point, WWI saw the change from Napoleonic to modern use of artillery.  I believe that the last instance of artillery being placed in front of the infantry in a battle occured during the British retreat from Belgium in the early stages of the war (Battle of Le Cateau possibly?).  Spinning  Spark  22:11, 5 July 2013 (UTC)


 * True. But we shouldn't forget the Eastern Front either.  As a Brit, I know a little bit about UK, France and Germany in the West, but know nothing about how artillery was used in the East.  Or Italy vs Austria in the Alps.


 * To say "Artillery barrages would also be used before an infantry battle, to create a distraction away from the place of attack, so that the enemy's numbers would be fewer" is inaccurate, too. The BEF didn't bombard the Somme for a week before the attack to create a distraction from the real location.


 * And the first sentence is no where near the full truth, either.
 * Ganpati23 (talk) 16:25, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Incorrect Assumption
"Artillery shells were used for gas release by the German troops in 1915, and the Allies followed their example" is either a mistake or deliberately misleading. The first deployment of gas in WW1 was by the French, even according to the chemical warfare wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical_warfare#World_War_I). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.96.255.137 (talk) 20:58, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Could we change it to US artillery of ww1, please?
It's just that if you're looking for the other belligerents, you waste time loading this page. I was looking for British, but would have clicked on this link if I'd wanted to read about the French 75mm or the German 5.9 etc.

Surely if it's only American, the page should say so. Ganpati23 (talk) 16:17, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

French 75mm wiki linked and citation needed removed for 'best of its' type'
I've taken out the citation needed for the 75mm being the best of its type because there are 2 citations for this on the wiki page for the gun itself, so I've just linked the page.

Is this the best way of doing it, or is there an easy way of copying the two references for this from the gun's wiki page? (It was generally regarded as the best field gun in the world, so he got that right.)

But anyone clicking on the link will be able to see the references for this. Ganpati23 (talk) 16:33, 2 January 2015 (UTC)


 * "Each article on Wikipedia must be able to stand alone as a self-contained unit...[t]his applies whether in a parent article or in a summary-style subarticle." (from WP:SS section on references) SpinningSpark 20:57, 2 January 2015 (UTC)

Rewrite
Going to give a go at updating this article. Shouldn't be too difficult. Comments, suggestions, just let me know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Timothyjosephwood (talk • contribs) 08:28, 25 March 2015 (UTC)

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No mention of Russian artillery?
Isn't that odd? As if Russian artillery doesn't deserve any mention at all unlike Italian or Austro-Hungarian ones. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorgedweller (talk • contribs) 07:55, 14 November 2023 (UTC)

Life as an Artillery Crew
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