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 | Subject: Never explosive shells Fri Mar 15, 2013 7:44 am | |
| Hello
The Royal Artillery used Shrapnell and case shots in Zululand, but never explosive shells ...
Someone I can demonstrate otherwise ?
Warrior |
|  | | kwajimu1879

Posts : 420 Join date : 2011-05-14
 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:06 pm | |
| Pascal,
What do you think that Shrapnel shells did?
To my limited knowledge - despite the fact my father was a former artilleryman - Shrapnel shells exploded in the air on a timed fuse and caused their intended damage.
'Jimu |
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 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:57 pm | |
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 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:09 pm | |
| Warrior, the royal artillery had declared at this time, which would use its explosive shells, only against agglomerations, which is why she has not used in Zululand ...
Cheers
Pascal |
|  | | tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 56 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Fri Mar 15, 2013 5:45 pm | |
| - warrior wrote:
- Hello
The Royal Artillery used Shrapnell and case shots in Zululand, but never explosive shells ...
Someone I can demonstrate otherwise ?
Warrior Obviously, anti-personnel ordnance was the way to go. HE shells would not have been necessary unless the targets required demolition or were armoured. |
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 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:16 am | |
| Warrior
This is due to the tactics regulations of the RA that explosive shells were not used in Zululand .
Cheers
Pascal
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 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Sat Mar 16, 2013 7:33 am | |
| Tasker wrote in red: HE shells Would not Have Been Necessary UNLESS targets required the demolition or Were armored.
Yet it is this that makes the difference in the war of 1870-71 because the German artillery used only percussive shells and theFrench artillery used only fusing shells.
At the very beginning of the war of 14-18, the BEF uses only Shrapnell which the desanvantage much ...
If RA had used 7 pdrs explosive shells in Zululand, it could shoot over 800 yards at Isandhlwana (or the 2 guns of the RA have not fired beyond 600 yards, according to the instructions of LC )and Zulu would not have loved it ...
Cheers
Pascal |
|  | | 24th

Posts : 1862 Join date : 2009-03-25
 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:38 am | |
| As the cannons at Isandlwann only fired 4 times, I doubt it would have made any difference to the outcome. |
|  | | tasker224

Posts : 2101 Join date : 2010-07-30 Age : 56 Location : North London
 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:43 am | |
| Pascal will be telling us this was KEY to the defeat next! |
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 | Subject: Re: Never explosive shells Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:53 am | |
| 24 th wrote in red :As the cannons fired at Isandlwann only 4 times, I doubt it Would have made difference to the outcome Any.
I thought that a Zulu participant had counted the number of shots of cannon and that there had been more ?
Tasker wrote in orange: Pascal will be telling us this was the KEY to defeat next!
I never say this, but the artillery was not much ... |
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