GDG- Arty Anti-personnel Effectiveness

[Batrinque at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/30/06 7:53:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ccj at infionline.net writes:

> Who is stating that the "greatest number of artillery casualties were 
> inflicted at close range by canister"?  And, on what basis?  I couldn't 
> disagree with this more.
> 

I believe that this is a very widely accepted view, a piece of the usual 
conventional wisdom - but am not at all sure there is any real hard data to back 
it up.  OTOH, given the realities of CW munitions, it is probably not an 
unreasonable scenario.  Shot for shot, canister seems a much more effective round 
than solid shot or exploding shell.  Of course, in any individual battle to be 
considered, it is necessary to ask whether the enemy was within canister range.


Bruce Trinque
Amston, CT