World's Great Artillery by Hans Halberstadt - 2002-08-31

Hardback. Good.

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hoo, Kent: Grange, 2002. 176 pp, 12 1/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, drawings, reproductions. "(B)egins with the earliest pieces of Western artillery that were little more than iron tubes firing stone shot. Over the next few centuries the guns became more mobile and more powerful, influencing the course of the battles in which they were involved. Muzzle loaders reached their apogee in the Napoleonic wars and the American Civil War during the nineteenth century. By the outbreak of World War I in 1914, breech-loaded guns were the standard, and weapons of such large calibres were being constructed that they needed to be mounted on rail wagons to give them any form of mobility. Artillery played a significant role in shaping how that conflict was fought, and it was to play an equally signifi-cant role in World War II. Only now, in the twenty-first century, is the supremacy of artillery on the battlefield being challenged by air-dropped precision-guided… Read More

Grange Books, 2002. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Book Pictorial laminated boards under similar pictorial jacket. Illustrated . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 176 pages. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Dust Jacket with some edge wear, and with small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. No inscriptions. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; ; . ISBN: 184013478X. ISBN/EAN: 9781840134780. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 033822. . 9781840134780