Thus, in reality, it has been
converted into a light field-piece, and may almost be included in
the category of fixed weapons for combating aerial operations.
CHAPTER XV
ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS. IMMOBILE WEAPONS
The immobile anti-aircraft gun, as distinct from that attached to
a travelling carriage such as a motor-car, may be subdivided into
two classes. The one is the fixed arm which cannot be moved
readily, mounted upon a permanent emplacement; the other is the
field-piece which, while fired from a stationary position, may be
moved from point to point upon a suitable carriage. The
distinction has its parallel in ordinary artillery, the
first-named weapon coinciding with the heavy siege gun, which is
built into and forms part and parcel of the defensive or
offensive scheme, while the second is analogous to the field
artillery, which may be wheeled from position to position.
In this phase of artillery the Germans led the way, for the
simple reason that they recognised the military value of aerial
navigation years in advance of their contemporaries. Again, in
this field the Krupp Organisation has played a prominent part.
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