Stackpole Books (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania); 2009; Pages: 272; Language: English For more than sixty-five years since the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, many misconceptions and flawed assumptions about how that operation was planned and executed have become part of the accepted history of World War II. One of the most misunderstood is the role and accomplishments...
Arco Publishing, New York, 1975. 64 pgs. The mortar bomb and its projector, the mortar, were widely used by all the combatant nations; the types used are described and illustrated. World War 2 saw the re-emergence of the rocket as a weapon of war. Included are the British 'Z' batteries, numerous German Nebelwerfer, the Russian Katyusha, and the various American and Japanese...
Ottawa: Museum Restoration Service, 1967. — 32 p. — (Historical Arms Series No. 9). The 9-Pounder cannon was the first gun of the first Canadian Permanent Batteries in 1871. Developments in breech loading guns made the 9-Pdr. RML obsolete by 1890, but as late as 1905 it was still in use in Dominion Artillery Association competitions to expend existing stocks of ammunition. It...
Pennsylvania, USA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1991 – 52 p. ISBN: 0-88740-322-0 Mortars are considered to be one of the earliest forms of artillery weapons. They began life as siege weapons, breaking down the walls and ramparts of fortified positions, and later also became used in the opposite role as fortress guns. Since the 13th/14th century, the mortar's primary characteristics...
Carrollton: Squadron/Signal Publications, 1993. — 48 p. — ISBN10: 0897470486, ISBN13: 978-0897470483. Railroad guns are a very interesting part of the history of artillery development since the American Civil War. Railroad artillery was dependent on the availability of an extensive railway network for the greatest mobility.
Ian Allan; UK; Year: 2002; Pages: 160 (83x2); Language: English Once it became apparent that German military ambitions in the west were to be thwarted by British resistance and Hitler's attention turned to the greater goal of the defeat of Stalin's Russia, the need to shore up the defense of Europe against any possible attack from the British Isles became imperative. Although...
Ottawa, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1965. — 54 pgs. This is Historical Arms Series No. 4, a monograph on the guns themselves with which His Majesty's forces armed the forts and garrisons of colonial America and 19th-century Canada. Various types (howitzers, carronades, field guns, mortars) are described and illustrated with examples. The technical aspects of caliber...
Ottawa, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1989. — 32 pgs. This is Historical Arms Series No. 23, a monograph on the experiments of Sir William Congreve with rockets as a military weapon. The British army and navy eventually made rather wide use of them, notably, as this booklet details, in the Chesapeake campaign in North America in 1814. Included are contemporary drawings...
Washington: Goverment Printing Office, 1920. — 383 p. During research on the opening days of the World War II in the Pacific, particularly the Philippine Islands defense, author encountered information referring to dated weapons systems which quickly disappeared from the U.S. wartime arsenal. The supplantion prevented access to information on these systems from standard...
London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974. — 248 p. A classical book on atrillery history. A reader's rewiew: "To be read again and again and again. There is so much technical discussion in here that a first read will be like a swallow in the clouds; afterwards, one can dive in like a hawk to pick up the various pivot designs for 1870's coastal guns. As the late Ian V....
USA: Ballantine Books, 1970. — 83 p. — ISBN: 0-345-24991-7-250 The author, Ian V. Hogg, is a career artillerist. He is currently one of only 16 holders of the rank of Master Gunner, First Class, In the British Army, and has amassed, both on active duty and as an instructor, a wealth of experience in artillery of all kinds. It is this breadth and depth of knowledge which shine...
(Hogg Ian. Twentieth Century Artillery). - London: Amber Books Ltd., 2000. - 322 p. Ian Hogg is one of the world's leading experts on small arms, artillery systems, ammunition and defence systems in general. He is the author of numerous books on these subjects, including The Big Guns 1939-45, A History of Artillery and Military Small Arms of the 20th Century. He currently lives...
ModelArt. 2001. – 60 p. ISBN: 0-9708407-2-1. Panzer Tracts Series The Super-Heavy Self-Propelled Mortar also known as Geraet 040/041 Nr. I - VII The blast from this giant self-propelled mortar has been exceeded only by the stupendous post-war misconceptions about this rare weapon. Who knew that seven instead of six were produced? And why should anyone believe that they were...
ABC-Clio, 2007. — 550 p. Series: Weapons and Warfare Addressing its technical evolution as well as its military and social impact, this comprehensive reference shows how historic leaders such as Dionysus of Syracuse, the Ottoman sultan Mohammad II, Oliver Cromwell, and Napoleon Bonaparte were successful in battle because of their innovative use of artillery. Includes case...
Fort Bliss, TX : Air Defense Artillery Museum, 1984. — 212 p. Defining the Aerial Hazard. To Build a New Branch: Organization of the Antiaircraft Service of the A. E. F. The Parameters of Success: Technical and Doctrinal. At War. Photographs. Tables of Organization. Statistics on A. A. Units.
Wings and Wheels Publications, 2008 - 76 p. WWII German sFH-18 15cm Field Howitzer and His Variants in World Military Museums Collections - R047 Photo Manual for Modelers. ISBN10: 8086416739 ISBN13: 9788086416731 (eng).
Przemysl, 2002. — 119 s. Niniejsze opracowanie, w zamyśle autora, ma przybliżyć Czytelnikowi to co jest nieodłączną częścią historii Twierdzy Przemyśl. Literatura poświęcona Twierdzy jest przebogata w opisy i zdarzenia, które związane są z początkiem budowy, obroną i dalszymi, ale mniej ciekawymi już zdarzeniami, w końcu wspaniałej jak na owe czasy twierdzy.
New York: Wiley, 1907. — 698 p. A text-book prepared for the cadets of the United States military academy, West Point. "The niter furnishes the oxygen to burn the charcoal and sul phur. The charcoal furnishes the carbon, and the sulphur gives density to the grain and lowers its point of ignition. The distinguishing characteristic of charcoal is its color, being brown when...
Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1949. - 92 pgs. National Park Service Interpretive Series History No. 3, reprint 1962. This is a monograph on the cannon that may be seen at such historic sites as the Castillo de San Marcos, Chickamauga, Fort McHenry, Fort Pulaski, Gettysburg, and Shiloh. Various types (howitzers, carronades, field guns, mortars) are described...
Brill Academic Publishers, 2016. - 395 p. In King of Battle: Artillery in World War I, a distinguished array of authors examines the centrepiece of battle in the Great War: artillery. Going beyond the usual tables of calibres and ranges, the contributors consider the organization and technology of artillery, as well as present aspects of training, doctrine, and other national...
Chief of Ordnance Office, 1984. – 54 p. Being the chronological record of procurement of manufacturing rights by the United States Government; of cooperation between the Army and Navy in purchasing it and then coordinating production for both services; of facilities chosen to make its components, and their contributions toward its improvement; of its perfection under American...
London: William Clowes and sons, 1899. — 187 p. This handbook of artillery materiel is the sixth edition of this work. Topics include general principles of gun construction, breech-loading ordnance, quick-firing guns, machine guns, explosives, projectiles, fuzes/tubes, field and siege carriages, mountings of heavy ordnance, transporting carriages and machines,...
Ottawa, Ontario: Museum Restoration Service, 1972. — 64 pgs. This booklet, Historical Arms Series No. 13, presents the schematic plans for standardized artillery mounts and carriages in the mid-nineteenth century. It is a facsimile reprint of parts of the Aide Memoire to the Military Sciences begun as a result of a memo sent to officers of the Royal Engineers in 1843. The...
Conversion from html. – 23 p. Convention is to refer to non-gunpowder artillery as 'machines' or 'engines'. While some of the the large pieces used in the late medieval era can be traced to tension and torsion powered machines used in ancient times, the rotating-beam engine (most famous of which is the trébuchet) is unique to medieval warfare. Like modern artillery, medieval...
L.: J.Murray, 1873. - 620 p. Ordnance, carriages, and ammunition. Part I. gives a general description of the construction and objects of the different guns, carriages, and kinds of ammunition now used, without which the subsequent parts would be but imperfectly understood. To simplify the subject, naval stores and small arms have been omitted, occasional reference being however...
Dresden. 1766. — 128 S. Artillerie bezeichnet im Militärwesen den Sammelbegriff für großkalibrige Geschütze und Geschütztypen sowie Raketen als auch eine Truppengattung. Angehörige dieser Waffengattung werden als Artilleristen bezeichnet.
Pen & Sword, 2011. — 272 p. Artillery was the decisive weapon of the Great War - it dominated the battlefields. Yet the history of artillery during the conflict has been neglected, and its impact on the fighting is inadequately understood. Paul Strong and Sanders Marble, in this important and highly readable study, seek to balance the account.
Washington, D.C.: J. J. Chapman, 1884. — 698 p. Instruction in Heavy Artillery is divided into ten parts, viz.: Preliminary Instruction. Service of the Piece. Mechanical Manceuvres. Care and Preservation of Artillery Material. Transportation of Artillery. Employment of Artillery against Armored Vessels and in Harbor Defenses. Field Intrenchments. Attack and Defense of...
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1918. — 557 p. General statement - Artillery as used to-day by the forces of the United States may be divided into two classes, namely, mobile artil lery and seacoast artillery. Mobile artillery is for use in the field, seacoast artillery for use at fortifications. Under the first head, however, are included several types of seacoast...
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