Use On Land
The first quick-firing field gun was created by Vladimir Baranovsky in 1872-5 which was officially adopted by the Russian military in 1882. The first war in which quick-firing artillery was widespread was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5.
On land, quick-firing field guns were first adopted by the French Army, starting in 1897 with the Canon de 75 modèle 1897 which proved to be extremely successful. Other nations were quick to copy the quick-firing technology. Although the British took few quick-firing weapons to the Boer War, the first war in which quick-firing artillery was widespread was the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5.
The quick-firing howitzer offered the potential for practical indirect fire. Traditional howitzers had been employed to engage targets outside their line of fire, but were very slow to aim and reload. Quick-firing weapons were capable of a heavy indirect bombardment, and this was the main mode of their employment during the 20th century.
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