“Had it ever been assembled in one place, the heavy ordnance available to the British Army at the start of World War I would have formed a collection of considerable diversity.” How very polite you are this morning!
More seriously, this illustrates the difficulties of updating already in service arsenals during times of industrial innovation and low threat. Other than the Boer War, which did spur quite a bit of innovation and development, albeit mostly for the other artillery branches, and perhaps the Boxer Rebellion, the British Army had not faced a near competitor since Crimean War (unless I missed one).
Thank you for noticing the my good manners, and, in particular, the polite phrase that I employed in lieu of 'Mulligan stew', 'crazy quilt', and 'dog's breakfast'.
“Had it ever been assembled in one place, the heavy ordnance available to the British Army at the start of World War I would have formed a collection of considerable diversity.” How very polite you are this morning!
More seriously, this illustrates the difficulties of updating already in service arsenals during times of industrial innovation and low threat. Other than the Boer War, which did spur quite a bit of innovation and development, albeit mostly for the other artillery branches, and perhaps the Boxer Rebellion, the British Army had not faced a near competitor since Crimean War (unless I missed one).
Thank you for noticing the my good manners, and, in particular, the polite phrase that I employed in lieu of 'Mulligan stew', 'crazy quilt', and 'dog's breakfast'.