Thinking a bit more about this week's blog post (https://acoup.blog/2021/09/24/collections-no-mans-land-part-ii-breaking-the-stalemate/ …) and its predecessor, one thing I hope comes through clearly in this analysis is how many 'easy' solutions fall apart when they make contact with the finicky, stubborn details.
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So even with the best path, at extreme ranges, hitting small things (like a single artillery battery) gets harder and harder. Naval artillery used 'ladder shooting' in their opening shots, flatly assuming the first shot would only be to try to ballpark the target's range.
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Consequently, the biggest land-based guns tended to be built either to destroy fortresses or to target cities (e.g. the Paris Gun).
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