Hand-book on Naval Gunnery
Author : Cyrus S. Radford
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 27,70 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Gunnery
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Author : Cyrus S. Radford
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 27,70 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Gunnery
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Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 32,47 MB
Release : 2014-01-21
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1848321775
This book does for naval anti-aircraft defence what the author's Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery ÛÒ it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject accessible to the layman. It chronicles the growing aerial threat from its inception in the First World War and the response of each of the major navies down to the end of the Second, highlighting in particular the widely underestimated danger from dive-bombing. Central to this discussion is an analysis of what effective AA fire-control required, and how well each navy's systems actually worked. It also takes in the weapons themselves, how they were placed on ships, and how this reflected the tactical concepts of naval AA defence. As would be expected from any Friedman book, it offers striking insights ÛÒ he argues, for example, that the Royal Navy, so often criticised for lack of 'air-mindedness', was actually the most alert to the threat, but that its systems were inadequate not because they were too primitive but because they tried to achieve too much.??The book summarises the experience of WW2, particularly in theatres where the aerial danger was greatest, and a concluding chapter looks at post-1945 developments that drew on wartime lessons. All important guns, directors and electronics are represented in close-up photos and drawings, and lengthy appendices detail their technical data. It is, simply, another superb contribution to naval technical history by its leading exponent.
Author : A.P. COOKE
Publisher :
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 40,12 MB
Release : 1875
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Author : United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 50,27 MB
Release : 1900
Category : Gunnery
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Author : Cyrus S. Radford
Publisher :
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 27,59 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Gunnery
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Author : United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Navigation
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 29,73 MB
Release : 1900
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Author : Royal Rodney Ingersoll
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 1894
Category : Gunnery
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 23,9 MB
Release : 1864
Category : Naval gunnery
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Author : United States Naval Academy. Department of Ordnance and Gunnery
Publisher :
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,69 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Naval gunnery
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Author : Cyrus S Radford
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : pages
File Size : 15,14 MB
Release : 2016-05-21
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ISBN : 9781358253652
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