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  • American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume IIIby George D. Moller

    University of New Mexico Press 2011; US$ 95.00

    Like the first two volumes of American Military Shoulder Arms , this exhaustive reference work will be a must for serious arms collectors, dealers, and museum specialists. more...

  • Artilleryby Jeff Kinard

    ABC-CLIO 2007; US$ 85.00

    Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact charts the development of large, crew-operated battlefield weapons from the dart firers and catapults of the ancient world to the invention of gunpowder in China and its applications in medieval Europe, and from the emergence of naval and land gunnery four centuries ago to the latest rapid-fire, rocket... more...

  • The Asian Military Revolutionby Peter A. Lorge

    Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00

    Explores the impact of the Chinese invention of gunpowder on the surrounding Asian region. more...

  • Assessing the Use of Other Transactions Authority for Prototype Projectsby Giles Smith; Jeffrey Drezner; Irving Lachow

    RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95

    "Other Transactions" authority provides the Department of Defense with the latest commercial market technologies while reducing the burden of an extensive procurement process to the contractor. more...

  • Ballisticsby Donald E. Carlucci

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 149.95

    The field of ballistics divides itself naturally into three subcategories: interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics. Providing coverage of three areas, this book offers presentation of the complex phenomena that occur during the launch, flight, and impact of a projectile. more...

  • The Book of the Machine Gun 1917by F. V. Longstaff; A. Hilliard Atteridge

    Andrews UK 2012; US$ 26.49

    This book is a very important text for any student of the development of the machine gun, and contains details of the history of this weapon from its inception to the mid-ppoint of the First World War. The evolution of the machine gun is detailed, followed by examples of the use of the wepon in war, and particularly in the Russo-Japanese War.Tactics... more...

  • British Artillery 1914-19by Dale Clarke; Brian Delf

    Osprey Publishing 2012; US$ 13.95

    In 1914 the artillery of Britain's 'Field Army' encompassed those weapons judged to have sufficient mobility to keep up with troops in the field. This book describes all major variants, from the 60-pdr guns of the heavy field batteries, perched somewhat uncomfortably on the cusp between field artillery and siege artillery, to the 2.75in. guns of the... more...

  • Bullets and Bureaucratsby David A. Armstrong; Jay Luvaas

    ABC-CLIO 1982; US$ 78.00

    ?This interesting account of the development of the machine gun takes the reader from the Gatling guns of the Civil War to the eve of WWI....This book provides an important look at the inability of military bureaucracy to rise above inertia and find a place for a demonstrably better weapon. It is highly recommended for all service schools and colleges... more...

  • Civil War Heavy Explosive Ordnanceby Jack Bell

    University of North Texas Press 2003; US$ 40.00

    Covering 360 projectiles from public and private collections, this book is a reference for both Union and Confederate large calibre artillery projectiles, torpedoes and mines. Each data sheet shows multiple views of the projectile, diameter, weight, gun used to fire it and provenance. more...

  • Computational Ballistics IIIby C. A. Brebbia; A.A. Motta

    WIT Press 2007; US$ 170.00

    The study of computational ballistics is one of the most challenging scientific endeavours, not only because of the diversity of time and space scales involved in practically all problems, but due to its interdisciplinary character. Interest in ballistics has grown considerably recently as a result of the complexity of the political and military situation... more...