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Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War
Colt, Sharps, Spencer, and Whitworth
Taschenbuch von Martin Pegler
Sprache: Englisch

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At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute - more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle.

Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.
At the outset of the American Civil War, the Union Army's sharpshooters were initially equipped with the M1855 Colt revolving rifle, but it was prone to malfunction. Instead, the North's sharpshooters preferred the Sharps rifle, an innovative breech-loading weapon capable of firing up to ten shots per minute - more than three times the rate of fire offered by the standard-issue Springfield .58-caliber rifled musket. Other Union sharpshooters were equipped with the standard-issue Springfield rifled musket or the .56-56-caliber Spencer Repeating Rifle.

Conversely, the Confederacy favoured the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket for its sharpshooters and also imported from Britain the Whitworth Rifle, a .45-caliber, single-shot, muzzle-loading weapon distinguished by its use of a twisted hexagonal barrel. Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the innovative rifles that saw combat in the hands of sharpshooters on both sides during the Civil War.
Über den Autor
Martin Pegler has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London, and was for many years the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. He is the author of a number of books including The Military Sniper since 1914 (Osprey, 2001), Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 (The Crowood Press, 2002) and the highly acclaimed Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper (Osprey, 2004), and he has also contributed to a number of magazines.

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani and Édouard Detaille.

Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland spent 18 years as the graphics editor of The Daily Telegraph, winning 19 awards in that time. He now writes, illustrates and publishes fiction ([...] as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers (alangillilandillustration.[...]).
Zusammenfassung
Snipers and sniping weapons are a major draw for Osprey, both in the Weapon series and elsewhere in the list. Recent titles include: Modern Snipers (2016), The Barrett Rifle (2016) and Mauser Military Rifles (2016).
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Antiquitäten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472815910
ISBN-10: 1472815912
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pegler, Martin
Illustrator: Shumate, Johnny
Gilliland, Alan
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 249 x 181 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Martin Pegler
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.08.2017
Gewicht: 0,259 kg
Artikel-ID: 121489345
Über den Autor
Martin Pegler has a BA Hons in Medieval and Modern History and an MA in Museum Studies, both from University College, London, and was for many years the Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. He is the author of a number of books including The Military Sniper since 1914 (Osprey, 2001), Firearms in the American West 1700-1900 (The Crowood Press, 2002) and the highly acclaimed Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper (Osprey, 2004), and he has also contributed to a number of magazines.

Johnny Shumate works as a freelance illustrator living in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career in 1987 after graduating from Austin Peay State University. Most of his work is rendered in Adobe Photoshop using a Cintiq monitor. His greatest influences are Angus McBride, Don Troiani and Édouard Detaille.

Born in Malaya in 1949, Alan Gilliland spent 18 years as the graphics editor of The Daily Telegraph, winning 19 awards in that time. He now writes, illustrates and publishes fiction ([...] as well as illustrating for a variety of publishers (alangillilandillustration.[...]).
Zusammenfassung
Snipers and sniping weapons are a major draw for Osprey, both in the Weapon series and elsewhere in the list. Recent titles include: Modern Snipers (2016), The Barrett Rifle (2016) and Mauser Military Rifles (2016).
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Antiquitäten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472815910
ISBN-10: 1472815912
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pegler, Martin
Illustrator: Shumate, Johnny
Gilliland, Alan
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 249 x 181 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Martin Pegler
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.08.2017
Gewicht: 0,259 kg
Artikel-ID: 121489345
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