Greg Heuer: Railway Guns of World War I

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Cover: 9781472816399 | Railway Guns of World War I | Marc Romanych (u. a.) | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

World War I was the Golden Age of the railway gun. Even though at the start of the conflict none of the armies possessed any railway artillery pieces and the very idea was comparatively new, more railway guns were used during this war than in any other conflict. Designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, the first railway guns were simple, improvised designs made by mounting surplus coastal defence, fortress, and naval guns onto existing commercial railway carriages. As the war dragged on, railway artillery development shifted to longer range guns that could shell targets deep behind enemy lines. This change of role brought much larger and more sophisticated guns often manufactured by mounting long-barrel naval guns to specially-designed railway carriages.

This book details the design and development of railway guns during World War I from the very first basic designs to massive purpose built "monster" railway guns. Accompanying the text are many rare, never-before-published, photographs and colour illustrations depicting how these weapons were used during World War I.

Über den Autor

Marc Romanych is a retired US Army combat arms officer. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from St. Mary's University. He has co-authored several books on World War I and II artillery and fortifications for Osprey Publishing.

Zusammenfassung

Our last New Vanguard title on WWI heavy artillery (NVG 205: 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I, by the same author) sold nearly 4,000 copies in its first year.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	48
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472816399
ISBN-10:	1472816390
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Heuer, Greg Romanych, Marc
Illustrator:	Noon, Steve
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	249 x 182 x 7 mm
Von/Mit:	Greg Heuer (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.08.2017
Gewicht:	0,168 kg

preigu-id: 103446299

Über den Autor

Zusammenfassung

Our last New Vanguard title on WWI heavy artillery (NVG 205: 42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I, by the same author) sold nearly 4,000 copies in its first year.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	20. Jahrhundert
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Seiten:	48
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472816399
ISBN-10:	1472816390
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Heuer, Greg Romanych, Marc
Illustrator:	Noon, Steve
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße:	249 x 182 x 7 mm
Von/Mit:	Greg Heuer (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.08.2017
Gewicht:	0,168 kg