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Firepower - Weapons Effectiveness on the Battlefield, 1630-1850

By: Scribner Publishing

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Scribner Publishing)


Product Info

Title
Firepower - Weapons Effectiveness on the Battlefield, 1630-1850
Category
Author
B.P. Hughes
Publish Year
1974
Pages
174
Dimensions
7.5x10x1"
NKG Part #
2147936068
Type
Hardcover

Description

A graphic assessment of the effectiveness of smooth-bore firearms on the battlefield. Covers the great period of smooth-bore weaponry from the first major impact of mobile artillery & firearms on the battlefield through the succeeding two centuries, to the devastating massed batteries of the Napoleonic wars & the triumph of disciplined musketry under Wellington. Begins with a comprehensive survey of the weapons of the infantry & artillery in use on the battlefields of the world from the 17th to the early 19th cent. Describes their development, methods of deployment, capabilities & theoretical effects.