British Military Rifles
Seiten
2005
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0633-2 (ISBN)
Shire Publications (Verlag)
978-0-7478-0633-2 (ISBN)
A concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army's most important individual weapon, and the ammunition designed for it.
A spinning bullet leaving a 'rifled' barrel is much more accurate than a musket ball but the technology of grooving a barrel and shaping the projectile to make an efficient and reliable weapon has exercised military minds for centuries. Here is a concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army's most important individual weapon - from the Ferguson of the American Revolution, to the Baker of the Napoleonic Wars, the Brunswick, the Snider, the Maritini-Henry and the famous Lee-Enfields - and the ammunition designed for it.
A spinning bullet leaving a 'rifled' barrel is much more accurate than a musket ball but the technology of grooving a barrel and shaping the projectile to make an efficient and reliable weapon has exercised military minds for centuries. Here is a concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army's most important individual weapon - from the Ferguson of the American Revolution, to the Baker of the Napoleonic Wars, the Brunswick, the Snider, the Maritini-Henry and the famous Lee-Enfields - and the ammunition designed for it.
Peter Duckers is a Member of the Orders and Medals Research Society, the Military Historical Society and is Curator of the Shropshire Regimental Museum in Shrewsbury Castle.
The earliest 'guns' Flintlock muskets, c.1690-1840 The first British rifles, 1775-1840 Percussion rifles Breech-loading rifles Bolt-action magazine rifles Automatic rifles Carbines Plaes to visit and further reading Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.7.2005 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Shire Library |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 149 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 136 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7478-0633-0 / 0747806330 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7478-0633-2 / 9780747806332 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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