Superguns 1854-1991 - Extreme artillery from Paris Gun V 3 to Iraq s Project Babylon

Over the last 150 years, gun designers have sought to transform warfare with artillery of superlative range and power, from William Armstrong''s 19th-century "monster guns" to the latest research into hypersonic electro-magnetic railguns.Taking a case study approach, erguns explains the technology and role of the finest monster weapons of each era. It looks at the 1918 "Wilhelm Gun," designed to shell Paris from behind the German trenches; the World War II "V-3" gun built to bombard London across the Channel; the Cold War atomic cannons of the US and Soviet Union; and the story of Dr Gerald Bull''s HARP program and the Iraqi "Supergun" he designed for Saddam Hussein. Illustrated throughout, this is an authoritative history of the greatest and most ambitious artillery pieces of all time.>

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• Authors: Steven J Zaloga, Steven J. Zaloga, Steven J. (Author) Zaloga, Zaloga Steven J.
• Assisted by: Jim Laurier (Illustration), Jim (Illustrator) Laurier (Illustration), Laurier Jim (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781472826107
• ISBN: 978-1-4728-2610-7
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 182 mm x 246 mm x 4 mm
• Series: New Vanguard; New Vanguard
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Warfare & defence, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Warfare and defence, Weapons and equipment