Download or read book Field Guns in France written by Neil Fraser-Tytler and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Guns in France written by Neil Fraser-Tytler and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French 75 written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Soixantequinze', France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system. Although some of these features had been incorporated into earlier guns, the 75mm M1897 integrated them into a superior, lightweight field gun. The 75mm M1897 earned its reputation in the Great War, forming the backbone of French field artillery. It was widely distributed to Allied armies, including the American Expeditionary Forces and was also widely exported after World War I around the globe. It was manufactured under licence in numerous countries, including the United States, which used the gun in its initial Pacific campaigns. Due to its modernity and sound design, the 75mm remained in service well into World War II. It was used by the French, Polish and other armies in the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939–1940 and thousands were captured by the German Army in 1940 and used for coastal defence. Surprisingly, many were also converted into a very effective anti-tank gun, the PaK 97/38. These weapons lingered in service after World War II, though by this time, they were largely obsolete. This fascinating book explores the history of the 75mm Modele 1897 in detail, from its design and development to its deployment around the world. The text is supported by stunning, specially commissioned artwork including three-dimensional views of the gun and its variants.
Download or read book Battery E in France written by Frederic R.. Kilner and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book With Lancashire Lads and Field Guns in France 1915 1918 written by Neil Fraser-Tyler and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Guns in France written by Neil Fraser-Tytler and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book French Artillery 1914 1918 written by Francois Vauvillier and published by . This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1914, the French Army went to war with an outstanding field gun, the 75, which was designed to be an all-purpose weapon. There was very little other French heavy artillery available at the time, although thousands of obsolete guns and howitzers of the de Bange system were maintained in the fortified cities of France's eastern border. They were to prove extremely useful in the trench warfare that developed along the front. By 1918, the situation had changed entirely. The 75 was still there, but was now backed-up by an equal number of modern heavy field artillery pieces.
Download or read book Field Guns in France written by Lieut.-Col. Neil Fraser-Tytler and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The French Artillery Before and Since the War Translated from the French by H H written by Louis Auguste Victor Vincent SUSANE and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rifled Field Pieces written by Franck Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses rifled artillery pieces in use in Europe at the time.
Download or read book The Military Resources of Prussia and France written by Charles Cornwallis Chesney and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Guns of Normandy written by George Blackburn and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2012-03-26 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the weeks after D-Day, the level of artillery action in Normandy was unprecedented. In what was a relatively small area, both sides bombarded each other relentlessly for three months, each trying to overwhelm the other by sheer fire power. The Guns of Normandy puts the reader in the front lines of this horrific battle. In the most graphic and authentic detail, it brings to life every aspect of a soldier’s existence, from the mortal terror of impending destruction, to the unending fatigue, to the giddy exhilaration at finding oneself still, inexplicably, alive. The story of this crucial battle opens in England, as the 4th Field Regiment receives news that something big is happening in France and that after long years of training they are finally going into action. The troop ships set out from besieged London and arrive at the D-Day beaches in the appalling aftermath of the landing. What follows is the most harrowing and realistic account of what it is like to be in action, as the very lead man in the attack: an artillery observer calling in fire on enemy positions. The story unfolds in the present tense, giving the uncomfortably real sense that “You are here.” The conditions under which the troops had to exist were horrific. There was near-constant terror of being hit by incoming shells; prolonged lack of sleep; boredom; weakness from dysentery; sudden and gruesome deaths of close friends; and severe physical privation and mental anguish. And in the face of all this, men were called upon to perform heroic acts of bravery and they did. Blackburn provides genuine insight to the nature of military service for the average Canadian soldier in the Second World War – something that is all too often lacking in the accounts of armchair historians and television journalists. The result is a classic account of war at the sharp end. From the Hardcover edition.
Download or read book Field Guns in France Edited by F N Baker written by Neil Fraser TYTLER and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three years in France with the Guns Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery written by C. A. Rose and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three years in France with the Guns is an account of C.A. Rose's experience in the Royal Artillery during World War I. Excerpt: "On a morning early in August 1915, the Brigade disembarked at Havre without mishap to man, horse, or material, and proceeded to a Rest Camp on the outskirts of the town. We were in France at last! The same evening the Batteries started to entrain, and every two hours a complete unit was despatched up the line—to an unknown destination. The men received refreshments at various Haltes, and the horses were duly watered and fed, but the journey was, on the whole, long and tedious."
Download or read book The Field Artillery Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Field Guns in France by Neil Fraser Tytler written by Neil Fraser-Tytler and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
