History A-Level
Firepower and tactics
What Firepower and tactics means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Firepower and tactics
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Advances such as Colt's revolver, breechloading rifles and Krupp's artillery increased lethality on the battlefield and forced changes in tactics.
Topics that use Firepower and tactics
- Paper 3, Option 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859–1991: perception and reality - 1 Increased firepower and steam power, 1859–70 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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