NAVAL FIREPOWER: BATTLESHIP GUNS AND GUNNERY IN THE DREADNOUGHT ERA
Written by Norman Friedman
Published by Seaforth Publishing
in 2008
ISBN: 9781844157013
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NAVAL FIREPOWER: BATTLESHIP GUNS AND GUNNERY IN THE DREADNOUGHT ERA
Written by Norman Friedman.
Stock no. 1828032
1st.
2008.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
This book outlines in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control, as it dominated battleship and cruiser design from before World War I to the end of the dreadnought era. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 9781844157013. Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is light rubbed at corners.
Front cover
Contents
- Note on units of measurement
- Note on abbreviations
- Author's acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The Gunnery Problem
- 2 Range-keeping
- 3 Shooting and Hitting
- 4 Tactics 1904-14
- 5 The Surprises of War 1914-18
- 6 Between the Wars
- 7 The Second World War
- 8 The German Navy
- 9 The US Navy
- 10 The US Navy at War
- 11 The Imperial Japanese Navy
- 12 The French Navy
- 13 The Italian Navy
- 14 The Russian and Soviet Navies
- Appendix: Propellants, Guns, Shells and Armour
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index