The deliberate steadiness of the Germans adapts them especially for the artillery service. So this is quite surprising that the Prussian artillery had been a neglected branch of the army since the time of Frederick the Great who had underestimated its importance. Promotions and advancement in the artillery were not as good as in cavalry and infantry. It was in contrast to the French artillery, considered as th best in the World in that times. (Napoleon was a gunner.) The Prussian gunners however were suffciently trained and the horses were good. The gunner was able to operate every kind of cannon and howitzer.
The horse artillery was first employed by Frederick the Great to solve a problem which had existed over a century earlier: provide cavalry with the fire support it needed to deal with infantry without sacrificing their speed, mobility and shock.
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