# Any advances in artillery since Gulf War

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**Created:** [May 17, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advances-in-artillery-since-gulf-war/786867 "2017-05-17T20:00:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advances-in-artillery-since-gulf-war/786867/21 "2017-05-23T21:19:17Z")

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“I AM A NOISE MAKING POD. I WILL BE ON FOR 24 HOURS.”

“What did that thing just say?”

“WHAT, I CAN’T HEAR YOU!”

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**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advances-in-artillery-since-gulf-war/786867/22 "2017-05-24T04:05:27Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> “I AM A NOISE MAKING POD. I WILL BE ON FOR 24 HOURS.”

Rico approves.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-advances-in-artillery-since-gulf-war/786867/23 "2017-05-24T04:36:27Z")

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> [@Bullitt](#):
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> Okay this sounds sexy, but it necessarily delays the massing of fires onto that target.

As Dissonance notes, this doesn’t necessarily delay the fire.

However, even it it did delay things slightly, that doesn’t matter at all since the point of massing fire is that is so much more effective. From the [wiki article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_On_Target) on TOT;

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> It had been found during World War I that most of the casualties in an artillery bombardment occur within the first few seconds. During those first few seconds, troops may be in the open and may not be prone. After that, enemy troops have gone prone and/or sought cover. This dramatically lessens the casualties from shrapnel or high explosive blast. World War II Allied artillery units were often trained to fire their guns in a precise order, so that all shells would hit a target at the same time, delivering the maximum possible damage.

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