Charge 7
Master Gunner
What do you feel was the most significant technological improvement in each war that you care to mention? For the sake of brevity I'll ask you to keep it to four different wars. Please give a short reason why you listed them. I'll start it off:
WWII: The Liberty ship. Not fancy but it allowed the Allies to move a vast amount of critical material in a relatively short amount of time.
WWI: The French 75 breachloading cannon. For the first time artillery could be fired without time consuming relaying of the piece enabling a great amount of uninterrupted fire power.
Austro-Prussian War: The Needle gun. Troops could now load and fire from the prone position. Doesn't take a genius to figure out that making yourself a smaller target helps alot.
The Crimean War: Armored warships. True they were more in the nature of barges than ships but the concept led to the iron clads of the American Civil War and all modern navies today.
WWII: The Liberty ship. Not fancy but it allowed the Allies to move a vast amount of critical material in a relatively short amount of time.
WWI: The French 75 breachloading cannon. For the first time artillery could be fired without time consuming relaying of the piece enabling a great amount of uninterrupted fire power.
Austro-Prussian War: The Needle gun. Troops could now load and fire from the prone position. Doesn't take a genius to figure out that making yourself a smaller target helps alot.
The Crimean War: Armored warships. True they were more in the nature of barges than ships but the concept led to the iron clads of the American Civil War and all modern navies today.