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

Most of the information applies to the artilleries of Commonwealth countries.

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.

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.

This site keeps getting updated so you'll need to revisit. Don't forget to bookmark.

Please enter this site through the Directory page, this lists all pages and summarises their content and provides Search and hints on how to use it.

Site history.
This site was first launched in February 2001, with additions and revisions throughout 2001 - 2007.

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.