Tag: Ammunition

Ammunition Small Arms, Grenades and Projected Munitions


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Greenhill Books | 1998 | ISBN: 1853673234 | English | 152 pages | PDF | 71.74 MB
Concise guide to modern ammunition. Detailed specifications and illustrations. International coverage A rifle without ammunition is an expensive club, an artillery piece without shells, a futuristic sculpture. To fully understand weapons, one must understand ammunition. Some types have remained basically unchanged for more than a century, while others change radically as new technology develops or new types of targets present themselves. This latest in the popular Military Manual series examines everything from simple rifle cartridges to highly complex "smart" projectiles, from grenades and mortar bombs to cannon and tank ammunition.

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British Artillery Weapons and Ammunition 1914-1918


Free Download Ian V. Hogg – British Artillery Weapons and Ammunition 1914-1918
Ian Allan | 1972 | ISBN: 0711003815 | English | 256 pages | PDF | 277.58 MB
This has been the best source on British First World War artillery since it was published. It includes an exhaustive listing of guns, ammunition and fuzes as well as a good selection of photographs and drawings of each of the weapons and most of the carriages.

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