The guns 191418 Author:Ian V Hogg Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century Weapons Book # 27 — From modest beginnings in 1914, through the lean times of 1915 when guns and ammunitions were scarce, through the increasing tempo of 1916 and the reconsiderations of 1917, the artillerymen labored to gain command of the battlefields. The stunning climax of four years o... more »f hard-won experience came with the massed artillery battles of 1918.« less