Artillery

Ahead, muffled by distance, was the sound of artillery in the night- always more terrifying than it is by day, though less effective.

— Artillery

Our artillery... The Germans feared it almost more than anything we had.

— Artillery

If one has two hundred guns per kilometer of the front, he does not ask about the enemy and do not report about him. Report how far, what objective your units have reached.

— Artillery

The poorer the infantry, the more artillery it needs; the American infantry needs all it can get.

— Artillery

And what is the modern war, it's an interesting question, what it requires? It requires massive artillery. In modern warfare, artillery is a god... Artillery, massive artillery decides the fate of the war.

— Artillery

The artillery is a god of modern war.

— Artillery

Artillery is an arm equally formidable both in the offensive and defensive.

— Artillery

…If you really want to know, I've read War and Peace. Now there's a book for you. Read it right through — and enjoyed it. Why? Because it wasn't written by any old scribbler but by an artillery officer. Have you drawn a ten? Right, you're my partner…

— Artillery

An' as their firin' dies away the 'usky whisper runsFrom lips that 'aven't drunk all day: "The Guns! Thank Gawd, the Guns!"

— Artillery

For you all love the screw-guns — the screw-guns they all love you!You can go where you please, you can skid up the trees, but you don't get away from the guns!

— Artillery

In peace the cry is for mobility, in war for weight of shell.

— Artillery

When, after a three-day silence, our only six-inch battery was delivered fifty shells, this was reported by telephone immediately to all the regiments, all companies, and all the men sighed with joy and relief.

— Artillery