What was artillery's use in ETW's time?

[ratbarf]

"I'm curious about what they were useful for."

They are murder if you can kit a coloumn in the front or if you can sweep a line from the side. They were used in a role similar to half tank, half machine gun. (As far as tactics go.) And are great when trying to destroy morale as the results are much more gruesome than regular musket fire. (Not to mention a much greater range of effectiveness.) Seeing as cannister can litteraly shred a man from head to toe.

1.) I believe he was the commander of a 12 pdr feild battery. He called his cannons mes jeunes filles, or my young daughters.

2.) He was not so remembered for his artillery (aside from the fact that he adored it) than the fact that he was the most maneuverable general in the world for a long time. His greatest feats where marching his men into the right place at the right time.

3.) Yes, they are buggy, and they don't know when to stop shooting so they don't hit there own men.

[Khorak]

Actually his use of artillery was directly related to his love of maneuver. He had a preference for lighter artillery in much larger numbers in his army, with a heck of a lot of canister, while other European armies used heavier artillery which would generally remain static for a battle. As such, his infantry frequently had an utterly vicious amount of supporting fire from his artillery, which had bad results for the shmoes being attacked.