Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: First World War: Air Artillery

Description: Use of anti-aircraft guns to destroy enemy aircraft. In Britain an Anti-Aircraft Brigade was formed by the Royal Marine Artillery and used a Vickers Naval gun mounted on a Pierce-Arrow 5-ton armored lorry chassis. by 1918, Britain only had 349 anti-aircraft guns and although they occasionally brought down German aircraft they were widely viewed as being inadequate.