Download or read book Naval Anti Aircraft Guns and Gunnery written by Norman Friedman and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book does for naval anti-aircraft defense what FriedmanÕs Naval Firepower did for surface gunnery Ð it makes a highly complex but historically crucial subject accessible to the layman. It traces the growing aerial threat from its inception in WWI and the response of each of the major navies down to the end of WWII, highlighting in particular the underestimated danger from dive-bombing. The work considers what effective AA fire-control required, and how well each navyÕs systems actually worked, analyzing the weapons, how they were placed on ships, and how this reflected the tactical concepts of naval AA defense. 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.
Download or read book A Treatise on Naval Gunnery written by Sir Howard Douglas and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Principles of Naval Ordnance and Gunnery written by United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Naval Ordnance and Gunnery Naval ordnance written by United States Naval Academy. Department of Ordnance and Gunnery and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Naval Anti Aircraft Guns and Gunnery written by Norman Friedman and published by Seaforth Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Principles of Naval Ordnance and Gunnery written by L. S. Harris and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hand book on Naval Gunnery written by Cyrus S. Radford and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Naval Ordnance and Gunnery written by United States Naval Academy. Department of Ordnance and Gunnery and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ordnance and Gunnery written by United States Naval Academy. Department of Ordnance and Gunnery and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Treatise on Ordnance and Naval Gunnery written by Edward Simpson and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Naval Gun written by Ian V. Hogg and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of gun naval warfare.
Download or read book A TEXT BOOK OF NAVAL ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY written by A.P. COOKE and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Naval Guns written by Hans Mehl and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2002 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of naval artillery is a long and complex one and this highly-illustrated, single-volume work sets out to present a coherent story which will appeal both to the enthusiast as well as to the scholar and expert. It starts with the earliest guns, the bronze-cast cannon, which were cast employing the same technology as used for making church bells. A plethora of guns were soon to develop and along with them a multiplicity of names: basilisk, bombard, culverin, drake, minion, saker, passavolante, serpentine, and many others. By the end of the seventeenth century this muzzle-loading, smoothbore weapon had pretty well reached the zenith of its development and not until the introduction of armour and the explosive shell in the nineteenth century was there any fundamental change. With the development of breech loading and rifled barrels the rate of fire, range and accuracy improved dramatically. Today the navies of the world have fully automatic guns which load, train, lay and fire themselves with deadly accuracy.
Download or read book Naval Firepower written by Norman Friedman and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth history of naval battleship firepower from before World War I to the end of World War II, by America’s leading naval analyst. For more than half a century, the big gun was the arbiter of naval power, but it was useless if it could not hit the target fast and hard enough to prevent the enemy doing the same. Because the naval gun platform was itself in motion, finding a “firing solution” was a significant problem exacerbated when gun sizes increased, fighting ranges lengthened, and seemingly minor issues like wind velocity had to be considered. To speed up the process and eliminate human error, navies sought a reliable mechanical calculation. This heavily illustrated book outlines for the first time 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. Covering the directors, range-finders, and electro-mechanical computers invented to solve the problems, author Norman Friedman explains not only how the technology shaped (and was shaped by) the tactics involved, but also analyzes their effectiveness in battle. His examination of the controversy surrounding Jutland and the relative merits of competing fire-control systems draws surprising conclusions. He also reassesses many other major gun actions, such as the battles between the Royal Navy and the Bismarck, and the U.S. Navy actions in the Solomons and at Surigao Strait. All major navies are covered, and the story concludes at the end of World War II with the impact of radar.
Download or read book Elementary Naval Ordnance and Gunnery written by Hobart Cole Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manual of Gunnery Instructions for the Navy of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
