Hi Charlie! Well, that´s possible, but I stil think, it has something to do with the range. Please have a look at this original documents for a "Feuerwalze" (Fire-roller?)
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A "feuerwalz" is known in English as a creeping barrage where the fire from massed guns gradually increases in range to traverse the beaten zone.
The British used this technique at the Somme in 1916 although the Heer had used a similar technique on the Eastern Front before that.
Your document is an example of a fire plan for an IKA (Infanteriebekämpfungsartillerie) battery - this was the counterinfantry close support part
of the artillery force. About 75% of the artillery, mostly smaller calibres and the mortars formed the IKA groups.
The organisation of artillery, its deployment and roles was worked out by Col. Georg Bruchmüller and his staff on the Eastern Front and applied on the
Western Front. In Operation Michael in 1918 a greater weight of artillery fire fell on the British lines in 6 hours than the whole of the British artillery effort on the Somme in 1916.
Regards,
Charlie
-- Edited by CharlieC on Saturday 13th of November 2021 11:36:38 PM
Hi Charlie! Thanks a lot"! Yes, I have the books from Bruchmüller. They are very interesting! I also have a few other documemts of that Feuerwalze. It´s from the attack July 15, 1918
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