British Artillery in World War 2

BRITISH ARTILLERY IN WORLD WAR 2

The field artillery organisation, tactics, gunnery methods and regiments of the Royal Artillery and the artilleries of British Commonwealth

Welcome to this site

The information here is for those with an interest in 20th century artillery.

You might be:

A war gamer seeking fidelity

A military historian trying to escape the limits of the direct fire horizon

A modern Gunner interested in some background to the business

A student with a history project

Someone with an interest

A veteran going to tell me where I'm wrong

You're all welcome.

This site comprises many pages about the Royal Artillery. It provides comprehensive and reliable information about two closely related subjects:

The Royal Artillery's methods and organisation in World War 2

The Royal Artillery's technical fire control in the 20th Century

The World War 2 information consists of a main account the Royal Artillery's Methods in World War 2 and many other pages covering many areas of detail. It also applies to the artilleries of Commonwealth countries. The information is authoritative and is mostly taken from official documents and publications and some other reputable sources.

The Fire Control information divides the 20th Century into six eras, with a page for each and five pages covering specialist subjects. The World War 2 era and the specialist subjects all provide more detailed information about British methods in World War 2. Most of the information applies to the artilleries of Commonwealth countries, at least until the 1960's. These pages are also the product of extensive research in official documents and publications and a few other reliable sources.

To fully explore this site, which has around 70 pages, it's best to enter through the Directory page, which lists the key pages and summarises their content and provides Search and hints on how to use it. Alternatively for World War 2 you could start at the list of Main Features. For the pages concerned with technical fire control it's best to start at the Introduction page.

Please note that this site uses the artillery terminology of the period, which sometimes differs from modern usage. Equivalent modern terms are given in the Glossary where appropriate.

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Site history.
This site was first launched in February 2001, with additions and revisions throughout 2001 - 2008.

You are the guest since August 2001!

Material from this site may be copied for free distribution providing acknowledgement of this source is given. The author welcomes comments. nfe@optusnet.com.au. Nigel F Evans asserts his moral rights to the authorship of this site.