Wednesday, February 2, 2011

World War II Cannon Advancements

In World War Two, the advancement of cannons exploded. Cannons were put on ships, tanks, trucks, and even airplanes. They were used from artillary support to vehicle or ship destroyers to city liberators. Even though this was the greatest advancement of cannons, they wer becoming less noticable, since they were no longer cast iron, muzzle loaded tubes of iron that fired with a fuse but steel killing machines. They came in various sizes, from mortars to .70 caliber guns to howitzers to anti-aircraft cannons to large artillary.
                      


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