Biographies, commentaries, reprints of contemporary documents and other material on the technical aspects of artillery and other weapons systems from the period of the Thirty Years' War to the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. Contents of this edition: Field and siege artillery in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 and the first air battles during the Siege of Paris, French rifled barrel muzzle-loading guns of the La Hitte system, the Austrian Model 1863 Lenk system and other European rifled barrel muzzle-loaders, Prussian Krupp breech-loading guns (1859-80), Russian Krupp breech-loading guns with rifled barrels, Spanish smoothbore guns (1827-1861), Model 1859 muzzle-loading guns with rifled barrels, Spanish Krupp steel and hardened bronze breech-loading guns with rifled barrels.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Summerfield, S. (Hrsg.)
Title
Smoothbore Ordnance Journal. Band 9 (2016): Franco-Prussian and Krupp Artillery
Details
English text, paperback, numerous bw illustrations, some colour plates, many tables, large size. 104 pp.
State
new
Ken Trotman Ltd. PE29 2XW Huntingdon Vereinigtes Königreich
