Eagles, Swords and Bayonets
Author : Richard Kohlbacker, Sr.
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781889584409
Author : Richard Kohlbacker, Sr.
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781889584409
Author : Baroness Orczy
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 18,19 MB
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3732685209
Reproduction of the original: The Bronze Eagle by Baroness Orczy
Author : Frederick John Stephens
Publisher :
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 40,39 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Bayonets
ISBN :
Author : Edward Cotton
Publisher :
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
ISBN :
Author : Bill Harriman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1472845374
Although muskets delivered devastating projectiles at comparatively long ranges, their slow rate of fire left the soldier very vulnerable while reloading, and early muskets were useless for close-quarter fighting. Consequently, European infantry regiments of the 17th century were composed of both musketeers and pikemen, who protected the musketeers while loading but also formed the shock component for close-quarter combat. The development of the flintlock musket produced a much less cumbersome and faster-firing firearm. When a short knife was stuck into its muzzle, every soldier could be armed with a missile weapon as well as one that could be used for close combat. The only disadvantage was that the musket could not be loaded or fired while the plug bayonet was in place. The socket bayonet solved this problem and the musket/bayonet combination became the universal infantry weapon from c.1700 to c.1870. The advent of shorter rifled firearms saw the attachment of short swords to rifle barrels. Their longer blades still gave the infantryman the 'reach' that contemporaries believed he needed to fend off cavalry attacks. The perfection of the small-bore magazine rifle in the 1890s saw the bayonet lose its tactical importance, becoming smaller and more knife-like, a trend that continued in the world wars. When assault rifles predominated from the 1950s onwards, the bayonet became a weapon of last resort. Its potential usefulness continued to be recognized, but its blade was often combined with an item with some additional function, most notably a wire-cutter. Ultimately, for all its fearsome reputation as a visceral, close-quarter fighting weapon, the bayonet's greatest impact was actually as a psychological weapon. Featuring full-colour artwork as well as archive and close-up photographs, this is the absorbing story of the complementary weapon to every soldier's firearm from the army of Louis XIV to modern-day forces in all global theatres of conflict.
Author : Emmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 39,59 MB
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"The Bronze Eagle: A Story of the Hundred Days" by Emmuska Orczy Baroness Orczy is a 1915 novel set in a post-French-Revolution world. A romance that follows in the aftermath of Napoleon's takeover of France through the eyes of Crystal, the story's main character. A book full of romance and intrigue, the story will grip readers from the very first page.
Author : Emma Orczy
Publisher : Litres
Page : pages
File Size : 18,44 MB
Release : 2021-12-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5041262705
Author : Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 27,90 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Elba (Italy)
ISBN :
Author : Harold L. Peterson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 32,91 MB
Release : 2012-06-14
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486161331
DIVThe first book devoted exclusively to the subject, this invaluable volume will aid collectors, curators, historians. Enhanced with more than 400 illustrations from rare documents, the book classifies and describes all major types of swords worn by the U.S. armed forces, cadets, and diplomats since the American Revolution to the end of World War II. /div
Author : E. Andrew Mowbray
Publisher : Andrew Mowbray Pub
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,42 MB
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780917218743