MeSmeshFruit t1_isl3he3 wrote
Reply to comment by Onetap1 in Has metal ever been used in ancient/medieval fortifications or any equivalent by HDH2506
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Onetap1 t1_isngh58 wrote
Yes, quite.
Pulaski was under direct, line-of-sight, fire with rifled artillery, which was the big game changer. There was no accurate counter battery fire from the fort, they didn't have rifled artillery.
The Prezmy fort could not be engaged with direct fire because of the earthworks, trenches and barbed wire defending it. You could lob shells at it with howitzers and mortars, from behind earthworks, but they're nowhere near as accurate. If you breach the walls, you can't easily assault it because of the earthworks, barbed wire, trenches, machine guns, etc.. The defenders would be mostly underground, no-one would be relying on a masonry fort for protection from artillery.
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