Artillery was deadly because it could fire shrapnel at troops in the open, or high explosive at those under cover, or gas and smoke rounds. It could fire from prepared positions far behind the lines: the 18-pounder shown above could fire 8.4 kg (18 lb) of explosives to a distance of 6 kilometres, or up to 10 km with special ammunition. It could fire 20 rounds per minute, though in practice such a rapid rate of fire would quickly use up all available ammunition, so was reserved for emergencies.
On the attack, artillery would smother and smash the enemy trenches. By the end of the war the Allies had perfected the creeping barrage, under which each gun in a battery would slightly elevate its barrel after each shot, in order to create a wall of explosions which would move across the enemy front line at walking speed, with the attacking soldiers following closely behind it. Longer-range artillery would meanwhile hit enemy communications lines, ammunition and supply dumps, artillery, and reinforcements concentration areas far behind the lines.
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