Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon by Zaloga, Steven J.

Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781472826107)

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Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon by Zaloga, Steven J.

Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon

$18.00
Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon by Zaloga, Steven J.

Superguns 1854-1991: Extreme Artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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Ever since the mid-19th Century, national militaries have sought to create monster artillery pieces, designed to shatter armies, cities, and fortresses and their morale. Starting with William Armstrong's Monster Gun Superguns will then take a look at the Wilhelm Gun that bombarded Paris in World War I, and World War II designs, and the Dora and Arrow guns, including the so-called V-3 London Gun.

During the Cold War both the Americans and Soviets attempted to construct nuclear artillery pieces including the Oka/Kondensator, and the Atomic Cannon. These guns then entered the Space Age, with Dr Gerard Bull's HARP gun and its descendants, including most famously Saddam Hussein's 1m-calibre Supergun--Project Babylon. Modern superguns featured also include current efforts at very-long-range magnetic rail-guns, capable of firing shells at seven times the speed of sound.

Using detailed commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs, this fascinating study will examine history's great behemoths that have sought to terrorize armies and civilians for one and a half centuries.

Author: Steven J. Zaloga
ISBN-10: 1472826108
ISBN-13: 9781472826107
Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2018
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 9.50h x 7.00w x 0.20d
By Steven J. Zaloga
By Steven J. Zaloga
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Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for over three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as Russia and the former Soviet Union.

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