Photograph of a trench on the front line
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This photograph shows a pneumatic trench mortar, an indirect fire weapon, being operated by a French soldier in a frontline trench. This mortar was a response to a German minenwerfer, a short-range mortar fire, which increased the number of direct hits on trenches. The French weapon represents a technological adaptation in response to the new face of warfare emerging during World War One.
- Full title:
- A trench on the front line
- Published:
- May, 1917
- Format:
- Photograph / Image
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- Public Domain
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- Bibliothèque nationale de France
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