自从火炮问世以来,它便作为远射程、大规模的杀伤兵器运用于战场,始终保持着强大的威力和特殊的作用。历史上一切有作为的军事家如拿破仑、克劳塞维茨、库图佐夫、朱可夫等,都把炮战作为克敌致胜的重要手段,熟练地应用在作战中。斯大林称誉“炮兵是战争之神”。随着科学技术的进步,现代炮兵迅速发展。增程技术的应用,大大提高了常规火炮的射程;制导技术的应用,大幅度提高了射弹的命中精度;弹药的改进,增强了火炮的毁伤效能;指挥自动化系统的建立,极大地提高了炮兵快速反应能力;装甲自行火炮的比重不断增大,使炮兵的生存能力和机动能力显著提高。炮兵仍然是高技术战争中的主角,炮战将大显神通。 Since the advent of the artillery, it has been used as a long-range, large-scale anti-aircraft weapon on the battlefield and has always maintained its mighty power and special role. All military strategists in history, such as Napoleon, Clausewitz, Kutuzov, Zhukov and others, have used artillery as an important means of winning an enemy and are skillfully employed in combat operations. Stalin praised “artillery as the god of war.” With the progress of science and technology, the rapid development of modern artillery. The application of extended range technology greatly improves the range of conventional artillery; the application of guidance technology greatly improves the accuracy of the projectiles; the improvement of ammunition enhances the damage effectiveness of artillery; the establishment of command automation system greatly improves Artillery rapid reaction capability; increasing proportion of armored self-propelled artillery, artillery survivability and mobility significantly improved. Artillery is still the protagonist in the high-tech war and artillery battles will be magnified.