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Author : Ian McCollum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733424608
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Chassepot to FAMAS written by Ian McCollum and published by . This book was released on 2019-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dan Spencer
Publisher : Armour and Weapons
ISBN 13 : 9781783274574
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (745 download)
Download or read book Royal and Urban Gunpowder Weapons in Late Medieval England written by Dan Spencer and published by Armour and Weapons. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First comprehensive study of English artillery in the late Middle Ages, bringing out its full impact on areas beyond the military. One of the most important technological developments of the Middle Ages was the adoption of gunpowder weapons in medieval Europe. From the fourteenth century onwards, this new technology was to eventually transform the conduct ofwarfare beyond all recognition with important implications for European and global history. Guns came to be used in all aspects of military operations, with kings, nobles and burgesses all spending large sums of money on these prestigious weapons. The growing effectiveness of gunpowder artillery prompted major changes in the design of fortifications, the composition of armies, the management of logistics and administrative systems. This book is the first full-length study of the unique English experience of gunpowder weapons, tracing their development from their introduction in the reign of Edward III to the end of the fifteenth century. The rich records of the English Exchequer and urban accounts are used to explore their role in campaigns, in sieges, on the battlefield, at sea and their role in the defence of towns, royal castles and the fortifications of the Pale of Calais. It provides a comprehensive framework for the speed of technological advances and the factors responsible for these changes, as well as an in-depth discussion of individual gun types. DAN SPENCER obtained his PhD from the University of Southampton.
Author : Ewart Oakeshott
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 184383720X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book European Weapons and Armour written by Ewart Oakeshott and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of arms in Western Europe from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution. A treasury of information based on solid scholarship, anyone seeking a factual and vivid account of the story of arms from the Renaissance period to the Industrial Revolution will welcome this book. The author chooses as his starting-point the invasion of Italy by France in 1494, which sowed the dragon's teeth of all the successive European wars; the French invasion was to accelerate the trend towards new armaments and new methods of warfare. The authordescribes the development of the handgun and the pike, the use and style of staff-weapons, mace and axe and war-hammer, dagger and dirk and bayonet. He shows how armour attained its full Renaissance splendour and then suffered itssorry and inevitable decline, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, with its far-reaching effects on military armaments. Above all, he follows the long history of the sword, queen of weapons, to the late eighteenth century, when it finally ceased to form a part of a gentleman's every-day wear. Lavishly illustrated. EWART OAKESHOTT was one of the world's leading authorities on the arms and armour of medieval Europe. His other works on the subject include Records of the Medieval Sword and The Sword in the Age of Chivalry.
Author : David J. Silverman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674974743
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book Thundersticks written by David J. Silverman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adoption of firearms by American Indians between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries marked a turning point in the history of North America’s indigenous peoples—a cultural earthquake so profound, says David Silverman, that its impact has yet to be adequately measured. Thundersticks reframes our understanding of Indians’ historical relationship with guns, arguing against the notion that they prized these weapons more for the pyrotechnic terror guns inspired than for their efficiency as tools of war. Native peoples fully recognized the potential of firearms to assist them in their struggles against colonial forces, and mostly against one another. The smoothbore, flintlock musket was Indians’ stock firearm, and its destructive potential transformed their lives. For the deer hunters east of the Mississippi, the gun evolved into an essential hunting tool. Most importantly, well-armed tribes were able to capture and enslave their neighbors, plunder wealth, and conquer territory. Arms races erupted across North America, intensifying intertribal rivalries and solidifying the importance of firearms in Indian politics and culture. Though American tribes grew dependent on guns manufactured in Europe and the United States, their dependence never prevented them from rising up against Euro-American power. The Seminoles, Blackfeet, Lakotas, and others remained formidably armed right up to the time of their subjugation. Far from being a Trojan horse for colonialism, firearms empowered American Indians to pursue their interests and defend their political and economic autonomy over two centuries.
Author : United States. Coast Guard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ordnance Manual written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Carpenteri
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616088435
Total Pages : 609 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Gun Trader's Guide, Thirty-Fourth Edition written by Stephen Carpenteri and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides descriptions, prices, and photographs of small firearms.
Author : Jonathan Ferguson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733424622
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (246 download)
Download or read book Thorneycroft to SA80 written by Jonathan Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference work for all those interested in the history of military firearms. It charts the British love affair with the 'flipped' bullpup rifle and machine gun - weapons with their firing mechanism positioned behind the trigger - from a faltering start in the Edwardian period, through the controversy of the NATO rifle trials, to the troubled history of the current SA80 family.
Author : Alexander Rose
Publisher : Delta
ISBN 13 : 0553384384
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (533 download)
Download or read book American Rifle written by Alexander Rose and published by Delta. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington insisted that his portrait be painted with one. Daniel Boone created a legend with one. Abraham Lincoln shot them on the White House lawn. And Teddy Roosevelt had his specially customized. In this first-of-its-kind book, historian Alexander Rose delivers a colorful, engrossing biography of an American icon: the rifle. Drawing on the words of foot soldiers, inventors, and presidents, based on extensive new research, and spanning from the Revolution to the present day, American Rifle is a balanced, wonderfully entertaining history of the rifle and its place in American culture.
Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786462515
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Medieval Armies and Weapons in Western Europe written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-03-20 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Middle Ages are commonly divided into three periods--early, high or central, and late. Each period was marked by its own crises and wars, and the weapons and fighters reflected the technological and other advancements being made. This book is a richly illustrated history of warfare in Western Europe during those years. Part One, the early Middle Ages, covers the late Romans, the Germanic invaders and Byzantines, the Franks, the Vikings and Hungarians, and the Anglo-Saxons and Normans in England. Part Two, the high or central Middle Ages, considers the feudal system, knights and chivalry, knights at war, infantrymen, land warfare, siege and naval warfare, crusades in Palestine, templars and hospitalers, the Reconquista in Spain, and the Teutonic knights. Part Three, the late Middle Ages, discusses the evolution of new types of armor and weapons, the Hundred Years' War, mercenaries, and firearms.
Author : Harold Leslie Peterson
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486412443
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783 written by Harold Leslie Peterson and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finest single-volume survey of Colonial weaponry covers firearms, ammunition, edged weapons, and armor. Over 300 illus.
Author : Stephen D. Carpenteri
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1620875136
Total Pages : 1544 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Gun Trader's Guide, Thirty-Fourth Edition written by Stephen D. Carpenteri and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gun Trader's Guide is the original reference guide for gun values. For more than half a century, this book has been the standard reference for collectors, curators, dealers, shooters, and gun enthusiasts. Now in a completely updated edition, it remains the definitive source for making informed decisions on used firearms purchases. Included are extensive listings for handguns, shotguns, and rifles from some of the most popular manufacturers, including Beretta, Browning, Colt, Remington, Winchester, and many more. This thirty-fourth edition includes a complete index and a guide on how to properly and effectively use this book in order to find the market value for your collectible modern firearm. With new color photos from gun dealers and shows, as well as introductory materials that every gun collector and potential buyer should read, this book is the ultimate guide to purchasing firearms. No matter what kind of modern collectible firearm you own or collect, the Gun Trader's Guide should remain close at hand.
Author : Jack O'Connor
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786258005
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)
Download or read book Complete Book of Rifles And Shotguns written by Jack O'Connor and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to modern sporting rifles and how to use them, cartridges for small, medium and big game, barrels, stocks, sights, scopes, shooting techniques, where to hit them, modern shotguns and how to use them, double, pump, automatic, shotgun stocks, shells, chokes, care of your shotgun, history of sporting rifles and shotguns, complete glossary, PLUS Jack O’Connor’s Seven Lesson “How to Shoot Course”.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Forest and Stream written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joseph Alexander Altsheler
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book The Guns of Europe, The Forest of Swords & The Hosts of the Air: The World War Trilogy written by Joseph Alexander Altsheler and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook collection has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This series includes three novels about the First World War written by Joseph A. Altsheler who witnessed the described events himself: The Guns of Europe The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne The Hosts of the Air: The Story of a Quest in the Great War Joseph Alexander Altsheler was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. He was a prolific writer, and produced fifty-one novels and at least fifty-three short stories. Thirty-two of his novels were part of his seven series: The Civil War Series, The French and Indian War Series, The Gold Series, The Great West Series, The Texan Series, The World War Series, The Young Trailers Series.
Author : Thomas Jefferson Scott
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Missionary Life Among the Villages in India written by Thomas Jefferson Scott and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. India Office
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book East India (North-west Frontier). written by Great Britain. India Office and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael McIntosh
Publisher : Down East Books
ISBN 13 : 0892728477
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Best Guns written by Michael McIntosh and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the best and most comprehensive guide for those new to the world of fine guns, and a standard reference for everyone, written with the precision and the seamless grace that is a Michael McIntosh's trademark style.
