Artillery Through the Ages (eBook)

A Short, Illustrated History of the Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America

Albert Manucy (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
112 Seiten
e-artnow (Verlag)
406-633957622-3 (EAN)

Infos

Looking at an old-time cannon, most people are sure of just one thing: the shot came out of the front end. For that reason, these pages are written; people are curious about the fascinating weapon that so prodigiously and powerfully lengthened the warrior's arm. And theirs is a justifiable curiosity, because the gunner and his "art" played a significant role in American history. Contents: The Era of Artillery The Ancient Engines of War Gunpowder Comes to Europe The Bombards Sixteenth Century Cannon The Seventeenth Century and Gustavus Adolphus The Eighteenth Century United States Guns of the Early 1800's Rifling The War Between the States The Change Into Modern Artillery Gunpowder Primers Modern Use of Black Powder The Characteristics of Cannon The Early Smoothbore Cannon Smoothbores of the Later Period Garrison and Ship Guns Siege Cannon Field Cannon Howitzers Mortars Petards Projectiles Solid Shot Explosive Shells Fuzes Scatter Projectiles Incendiaries and Chemical Projectiles Fixed Ammunition Rockets Tools The Practice of Gunnery

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.12.2023
• Verlagsort: Prague
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Schlagworte: American history guns • Artillery development • Boys for Men • Cannon tactics • Cannon warfare • Cold Blooded Assassin • Dunkirk • Early modern warfare • extreme ownership • Guns and gunpowder • Historical artillery • Hue 1968 • long range shooting • medieval weaponry • Military Technology • Navy SEALs • The Accidental President • The Operator • warfare evolution • World War 2