Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "Why 518 Men for 12 Field Guns?" video.

  1. Just to amplify the answer to your question, our (United States Army) standard divisional artillery piece was the 105mm Gun/Howitzer M101 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M101_howitzer And, to help maintain the speed of advance, our Armored Divisions (as opposed to our infantry divisions) had no heavier artillery piece in their T,O & E. The heavier, 155mm, Guns and Gun/Howitzers, were issued as Corps level Artillery and often used for counterbattery fire. Since unlimbering and emplacement of these very large weapons were time consuming operations, they were not sent forward with the most mobile (i.e.: Armored) divisions. They were, however, issued to some infantry divisions.
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  2. Military History Visualized I was not differing, Bernard. I was hoping to augment the brief description in your answer to the man's question. If I confused the issue, I apologize. My heart was pure. ;-)
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  3. CT - 7598 Yep. To be perfectly fair, however, they have changed their "official" title over the last hundred and fifty years.
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  4. Nice. Another worthy post. All those seemingly superfluous men, no matter their individual specialization(s), are needed to manhandle a dozen 14,000 kilo (30,000lb) monsters in any conditions other than hard, packed, ground. And artillery, especially the heavy stuff, needs considerable work done to manage its emplacement, access to and from, and AA Defense. Often, bulldozers are detailed to assist in this difficult, time consuming, work. And one commodity the US Army had plenty of (compared to other belligerents) was heavy, road building, equipment; including bulldozers, graders, cranes, and extra winches. Even so, most artillery emplacement was spadework . . . as the old song says: "You'll never get rich, by digging a ditch, you're in the Army now." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8-wyG0F8w Oops! I mean . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gtvILZ-Kw8 To which irreverent soldiers appended their own, apropos, lyrics . . . SOUND OFF 1-2 SOUND OFF 3-4 CADENCE COUNT 1-2-3-4- 1-2 3-4 YOU’RE IN THE ARMY NOW, YOU’RE NOT BEHIND A PLOW. YOU’LL NEVER GET RICH FROM DIGGIN’ A DITCH. YOU’RE IN THE ARMY NOW. THE HEADS ARE UP, THE CHESTS ARE OUT. THE ARMS ARE SWINGING IN CADENCE COUNT! EENY, MEENY, MINEY, MO LET’S GO BACK AND COUNT SOME MORE SOUND OFF 1-2 SOUND OFF 3-4 CADENCE COUNT 1-2-3-4 1-2 3-4.
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  5. War as a way of life is not always pursued by men alone, but I do see a preponderance of males interested in the literature.
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