Discovering Artillery

Informationen zum Autor R.J. Wilkinson Latham is manager of the sword business of Wilkinson Sword! and is the fifth generation of his family to be connected with the business. He is the author of 'British Military Bayonets' and co-author! with his brother! of 'Cavalry Uniforms of Britain and the Commonwealth'! and two volumes on 'Infantry Uniforms of Britain and the Commonwealth'. He has also written 'Discovering British Military Badges and Buttons' for Shire. Zusammenfassung Artillery has been an important part of the armament of the British and European armies since the fourteenth century. This book describes the development of artillery from the primitive 'pot-de-fer' of 1326 and other early cannons to the larger firing equipment of the First World War.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Wilkinson-Latham
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.05.2008
• EAN: 9780852637074
• ISBN: 978-0-85263-707-4
• No. of pages: 72
• Series: Shire Discovering; Shire Discovering
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration