Weapons of WarCrowell, 1968 - Всего страниц: 224 "The story of man as warrior from the first Stone Age man with his wooden club to modern man with his proverbial "push button" is told h ere through a precise and illuminating survey of the development of weaponry"--Jacket excerpt. |
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... loading mechanism and the self - contained , centre - fire cartridges , made possible the repeating and automatic weapons of the next generation , produced in answer to an incessant call for increased fire power . This demand was not ...
... loading mechanism and the self - contained , centre - fire cartridges , made possible the repeating and automatic weapons of the next generation , produced in answer to an incessant call for increased fire power . This demand was not ...
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... loading gun " , a retrogressive decision which was doggedly main- tained until 1880 , when a renewal of interest in the possibilities of breech loading led to a belated adoption of the interrupted screw arrangement . This change of ...
... loading gun " , a retrogressive decision which was doggedly main- tained until 1880 , when a renewal of interest in the possibilities of breech loading led to a belated adoption of the interrupted screw arrangement . This change of ...
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... loading im- practical , and as if this were not reason enough for its abandon- ment , yet another objection was brought forcibly to notice when , early in January , 1879 , a 38 - ton gun mounting blew - up on board H.M.S. Thunderer ...
... loading im- practical , and as if this were not reason enough for its abandon- ment , yet another objection was brought forcibly to notice when , early in January , 1879 , a 38 - ton gun mounting blew - up on board H.M.S. Thunderer ...
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Acknowledgements | 13 |
Bloodshed and Bronze | 28 |
Metal from Heaven | 52 |
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