Artillery of World War II / Chris Chant

Artiljerija Drugog svetskog rata

London, Velika Britanija 2001. Tvrd povez, zaštitni omot, bogato ilustrovano, veliki format (29 cm), engleski jezik, 96 strana.
Knjiga je odlično očuvana.

In World War I the main role of artillery consisted of preparing the battlefield for the infantry to occupy by shelling the enemy and firing protective barrages. The development of the aircraft and the tank led to the manufacture of new types Of artillery weapons: the antitank and the antiaircraft gun, both of which would play a major role in World War II. From 1943. it became common to mount high-velocity antitank guns on tracked and armoured carriages, termed assault artillery. Standard artillery pieces were also mounted on tracked carriages and thus became self-propelled artillery. Their mobility allowed them to keep pace with mechanized infantry and tank units.
Artillery of World War II contains the most important field and self-propelled artillery pieces used by both Axis and Allied armies in the European and Pacific theatres between 1939 and 1945. In addition to the more well-known field guns, such as the British 25-pounder, German Pak 38, the famous German "88", the Soviet 76.2mm Model 1941 and the US 155mm Howitzer Ml, Artillery of World War Il includes lesser known Italian, French and Japanese artillery pieces, such as the Semovente, Field Gun Type 90 and 40mm Bofors gun. Also, the book features the self-propelled artillery pieces that fought in the conflict, such as the Wespe and Nashorn,
In addition to the text and photographs, Artillery of World War Il includes a full specifications table for each piece of hardware, including the following categories (all weights and measures in metric and imperial): type, calibre, length, width, weight, traverse, range, crew, muzzle velocity, rate of fire, and projectile weight.

— Includes all the most important and decisive artillery pieces of World War Il, including the Pak 41, Flak 36, 25-pounder Gun-Howitzer and Field Howitzer M2
— Both Allied and Axis artillery pieces featured, including those of France, Italy and Japan
— Design, development, variants and service history listed for each artillery piece
— Each artillery piece illustrated with a photograph
— Specifications for each artillery piece, all weights and measures in both metric and imperial