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NAVAL FIREPOWER: BATTLESHIP GUNS AND GUNNERY IN THE DREADNOUGHT ERA

by Norman Friedman

Published by Seaforth Publishing. 1st. 2008

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. This book outlines in layman's terms the complex subject of fire-control, as it dominated battleship and cruiser design from before World War I to the end of the dreadnought era. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations.

Light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is light rubbed at corners.

ISBN: 9781844157013
Stock no. 1828032

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Contents

  • Note on units of measurement
  • Note on abbreviations
  • Author's acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Gunnery Problem
  • 2 Range-keeping
  • 3 Shooting and Hitting
  • 4 Tactics 1904-14
  • 5 The Surprises of War 1914-18
  • 6 Between the Wars
  • 7 The Second World War
  • 8 The German Navy
  • 9 The US Navy
  • 10 The US Navy at War
  • 11 The Imperial Japanese Navy
  • 12 The French Navy
  • 13 The Italian Navy
  • 14 The Russian and Soviet Navies
  • Appendix: Propellants, Guns, Shells and Armour
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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