GDG- Arty Anti-personnel Effectiveness

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Dick,

You're welcome.  Please note: There was little real difference between the 
artillery materiel of the Franco-Prussian War and that of the Civil War. 
The famous French "75" to which you refer was introduced for service in 
1898.  It had the long-recoil cylinder that made it the first modern 
quick-firing field gun.  The German 77mm C 96 n/A followed soon after and 
was in service in World War I.

Kind regards,
Curt

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard M Kadas" <rkadas at sbcglobal.net>
To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: GDG- Arty Anti-personnel Effectiveness


> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>
> Curt,
>  Thanks for the input. Your comments make a great deal of sense as by 1870 
> (e.g., the Franco-Prussian war field arty like the french 75MM and the 
> German 76MM had recoil mechanism andbetter long range antipersonnel 
> munitions . Smokeless powder wasn't invented until 1889.
>  Dick
>