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Book Synopsis From the Arquebus to the Breechloader by : Piers Platt
Download or read book From the Arquebus to the Breechloader written by Piers Platt and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firearms technology dominates the modern day battlefield, but how did the earliest guns affect battles in the Middle Ages? From their earliest incarnations in the 14th Century – which were as much a danger to their operator as they were to the enemy – to the muskets and breech-loading rifles of the 19th century, Piers Platt traces the technological advancements that revolutionized weapons, and how infantry tactics were forced to evolve as new and more lethal weapons were developed.
Book Synopsis From the Arquebus to the Breechloader by : Piers Platt
Download or read book From the Arquebus to the Breechloader written by Piers Platt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-10 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firearms technology dominates the modern day battlefield, but how did the earliest guns affect battles in the Middle Ages? From their earliest incarnations in the 14th Century - which were as much a danger to their operator as they were to the enemy - to the muskets and breech-loading rifles of the 19th century, Piers Platt traces the technological advancements that revolutionized weapons, and how infantry tactics were forced to evolve as new and more lethal weapons were developed.
Book Synopsis From the Arquebus to the Breechloader by : Piers Platt
Download or read book From the Arquebus to the Breechloader written by Piers Platt and published by Piers Platt. This book was released on 2015-12-10 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firearms technology dominates the modern day battlefield, but how did the earliest guns affect battles in the Middle Ages? From their earliest incarnations in the 14th Century – which were as much a danger to their operator as they were to the enemy – to the muskets and breech-loading rifles of the 19th century, Piers Platt traces the technological advancements that revolutionized weapons, and how infantry tactics were forced to evolve as new and more lethal weapons were developed.
Book Synopsis Early Firearms by : Source Wikipedia
Download or read book Early Firearms written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Arquebus, Flintlock, Muzzleloader, Musket, Huolongjing, Antique gun, Wheellock, Hand cannon, Blunderbuss, Matchlock, Hand mortar, Superposed load, Nock gun, Snaplock, List of firearms before the 20th century, Ribauldequin, Fire lance, Howdah pistol, Belton flintlock, Kalthoff repeater, Powder horn, Huochong, Petronel, Doglock, Jingal, Tu Huo Qiang, Nipple wrench. Excerpt: A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smooth bore long gun, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer. The musket replaced the arquebus, and was in turn replaced by the rifle. The term "musket" is applied to a variety of weapons, including the long, heavy guns with matchlock or wheel lock and loose powder fired with the gun barrel resting on a stand, and also lighter weapons with Snaphance, flintlock or caplock and bullets using a stabilizing spin (Minie ball), affixed with a bayonet. 16th-century troops armed with a heavy version of the arquebus called a musket were specialists supporting the arquebusiers and pikemen formations. By the start of the 18th century, a lighter version of the musket had edged out the arquebus, and the addition of the bayonet edged out the pike, and almost all infantry became musketeers. In the 18th century, improvements in ammunition and firing methods allowed rifling to be practical for military use, and the term "rifled gun" gave way to "rifle." In the 19th century, rifled muskets (which were technically rifles, but were referred to as muskets) became common which combined the advantages of rifles and muskets. About the time of the introduction of cartridge, breechloading, and multiple rounds of ammunition just a few years later, muskets fell out of fashion. Musket calibers ranged from 0.5 inches (13 mm) to 0.8 inches (20 mm)....
Book Synopsis Roberts Breechloading Firearms by : Edward Hull
Download or read book Roberts Breechloading Firearms written by Edward Hull and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his day, Gen. Benjamin S. Roberts was better known as a U.S. Army combat commander than as a firearms inventor. Yet as an inventor he saw commercial success with his idea for converting muzzle-loading muskets into efficient breechloaders. This is the story of his efforts, beginning in 1859, to develop the ultimate breechloader - efforts that would lead to his successful design in 1866. He also achieved success with his patented design for cartridges. This book provides collectors and arms historians with extensive new information on the production and international use of the Roberts breechloader and its cartridges. "I highly recommend Roberts Breechloading Firearms as a significant work on a little-known weapons system of the Civil War and post-war years. This book is well researched, well written and well illustrated, and can be appreciated by those who enjoy reading about the history and development of American weaponry...The author is a recognized authority on the development of American firearms during the mid-19th Century, having researched and written several important books and numerous articles." Roy Marcot, Arms Historian and author of Spencer Repeating Firearms and Remington: America's Oldest Gunmaker "This new monograph from Ed Hull is a masterful description....Ed Hull is known for his painstaking and extensive research in obscure and hard to find sources to piece together the story of various small arms systems that have passed into history. He has certainly accomplished it again with Robert's Breechloading Firearms." Joe Poyer, author of The American Krag Rifle and Carbine and The .45-70 Springfield "Prominent and provably diligent researcher Edward Hull has once again written a good book...(on) breechloading cartridge arms. Author Hull has been researching this topic for over 10 years and...his research is first rate and his documentation rock solid. This book is very well footnoted and will probably be considered the final word on Benjamin Roberts and his inventions. It would make for a wonderful addition to the library of the arms collector...." Frank Graves, Arms Heritage magazine "Drawing on a variety of historical sources, Hull weaves a compelling history of the process and fully documents the developmental sequencing of General Roberts' design...The end result has been the creation of a truly excellent monograph about the inventor, his work and the structural brilliance of his design. "Through clearly written technical descriptions of the various designs...and most especially by the incorporation of illusgrations showing their salient features, collectors are well served b Hull's work. As such it must be recommended to anyone interested in the American firearms industry of the technical development of arms in general." Herb Houze, Man-At-Arms magazine
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Book Synopsis Once a Week by : Eneas Sweetland Dallas
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Book Synopsis A Prisoner of His Own Mind by : Piers Platt
Download or read book A Prisoner of His Own Mind written by Piers Platt and published by Piers Platt. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens when the main character in a story realizes he's a work of fiction? A 16-year-old aspiring writer sits down to write a story. But he's not a very good writer ... at all. So when his protagonist becomes self-aware, he decides to rewrite the story according to his rules. A Prisoner of His Own Mind is the absurd tale of what happens when a character fights back. Selected as a Penn Review Magazine finalist. Subjects: Humor / Comedy / Funny, Short Story / Short Stories, Meta / Meta-physical, Free / Freebie
Book Synopsis The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs by : Mark Fissel
Download or read book The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs written by Mark Fissel and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-12-05 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Military Revolution and Revolutions in Military Affairs updates two central debates in military history--the one surrounding the concept of military revolution, and the one on military affairs--whilst advancing original research in both fields. Only a handful of publications consider the military revolution and the RMA in tandem. This book breaks new ground conceptually and appeals to an exceptionally large and diverse readership. Comparative revisionist studies of the military revolution and RMA better enable us to comprehend the historical continuum and reveal the new RMA for what it is. And for what it is shortly to become. This book presents original contributions within the "epicentre" of the military revolution debate, the 1500s, with an emphasis on gunpowder revolution (offensively and defensively). The connections with the Revolution in Military Affairs are then made explicit by scholars, a practitioner, and an analyst, with an emphasis on airborne lethal autonomous weapons systems. This is a chronologically broad and unique methodological approach to a historical debate that begs for clarification as we enter an era where killer robots will almost certainly take from humans their monopoly on violence.
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Book Synopsis The Strategy of Warfare – Boxed Set by : Carl von Clausewitz
Download or read book The Strategy of Warfare – Boxed Set written by Carl von Clausewitz and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-24 with total page 1995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited collection of the greatest military strategy books in history: On War (Carl von Clausewitz) Maxims of War (Napoleon Bonaparte) Battle Studies (Ardant du Picq) Guerrilla Warfare (Ernesto Che Guevara) The Book of War (Wu Qi) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Analects: The Book of Leadership (Confucius) Arthashastra: The Ancient Indian Book on Wisdom and Strategy (Kautilya) Strategemata: The Manual of Military Tactics (Sextus Julius Frontinus) De re military: Organization of the Roman Army and Battle Tactics (Publius Vegetius Renatus) The Art of War (Niccolò Machiavelli) Small Wars Manual: The Strategy of Military Operations (US Marine Corps)
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Download or read book The Art of War - Book Set written by Carl von Clausewitz and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-24 with total page 1995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E-artnow presents to you the most important books on military organization, the art of war, movements of armies, decision-making, leadership and most important of all - the strategy: The Book of War (Wu Qi) The Art of War (Sun Tzu) The Analects: The Book of Leadership (Confucius) Arthashastra: The Ancient Indian Book on Wisdom and Strategy (Kautilya) Strategemata: The Manual of Military Tactics (Sextus Julius Frontinus) De re military: Organization of the Roman Army and Battle Tactics (Publius Vegetius Renatus) The Art of War (Niccolò Machiavelli) On War (Carl von Clausewitz) Maxims of War (Napoleon Bonaparte) Battle Studies (Ardant du Picq) Guerrilla Warfare (Ernesto Che Guevara) Small Wars Manual: The Strategy of Military Operations (US Marine Corps)
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Book Synopsis Combat and Other Shenanigans by : Piers Platt
Download or read book Combat and Other Shenanigans written by Piers Platt and published by Piers Platt. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER War is hell…but sometimes it’s also funny as hell. Combat and Other Shenanigans is Lieutenant Piers Platt’s firsthand account of his year as a cavalry platoon leader during the Iraq War. Wry, action-packed, and poignant, Combat and Other Shenanigans is the absurd-but-true story of the antics the world’s finest soldiers get up to when no one high-ranking is watching. Editorial Reviews: “Few war stories are both comical and serious, but this one-year memoir is unique.” -Crystal Book Reviews “An honest account of one officer's tour in Iraq. 5 stars.” -John P. Jones “Everything about Platt's writing felt authentic. I liked that his experiences really did translate from life to the page and into the reader's mind. Great read.” -Texas Book Nook Subjects: Iraq War, War Memoir, Humor, Funny, Military History, War on Terror, Biographies & Memoirs - Military, Leaders and Notable People, Veterans, History - Middle East - Iraq, History - United States - Iraq War.
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Download or read book British Field Sports written by Henry Downes Miles and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
