British Artillery 1914 19

Author : Dale Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780967934
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Artillery 1914–19 written by Dale Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I is often deemed to have been 'a war of artillery', and British heavy artillery played a vital part in destroying the German trenches and providing invaluable cover for advancing troops on the Western Front. This book details the huge guns of the Royal Garrison Artillery, including the 6-in. siege gun and howitzer, the 8-in. howitzer, the 12-in. railway and siege howitzer and the infamous 9.2-in breech-loading siege howitzer. Camouflage and enemy battery locations and transport are covered, as well as tactics used and how the guns were developed and manned.

Author : Dale Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780967330
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Artillery 1914–19 written by Dale Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War I is often deemed to have been 'a war of artillery', and British heavy artillery played a vital part in destroying the German trenches and providing invaluable cover for advancing troops on the Western Front. This book details the huge guns of the Royal Garrison Artillery, including the 6-in. siege gun and howitzer, the 8-in. howitzer, the 12-in. railway and siege howitzer and the infamous 9.2-in breech-loading siege howitzer. Camouflage and enemy battery locations and transport are covered, as well as tactics used and how the guns were developed and manned.

Author : Dale Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782004300
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Artillery 1914–19 written by Dale Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 mountain batteries, almost toy-like in comparison. Between these two extremes lay the bulk of the artillery of the Field Army: the 13-pdr guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, and the 18-pdr guns and 4.5in. howitzers of the Royal Field Artillery batteries.

Author : Ian V. Hogg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780711003811
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Artillery Weapons and Ammunition, 1914-1918 written by Ian V. Hogg and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sanders Marble
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351954709
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Artillery on the Western Front in the First World War written by Sanders Marble and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the popular imagination, the battle fields of the Western Front were dominated by the machine gun. Yet soldiers at the time were clear that artillery - not machine guns - dictated the nature, tactics and strategy of the conflict. Only in the last months of the war when the Allies had amassed sufficient numbers of artillery and learned how to use it in an integrated and coherent manner was the stalemate broken and war ended. In this lucid and prize-winning study, the steady development of artillery, and the growing realisation of its primacy within the British Expeditionary Force is charted and analysed. Through an examination of British and Dominion forces operating on the Western Front, the book looks at how tactical and operational changes affected the overall strategy. Chapters cover the role of artillery in supporting infantry attacks, counter-battery work, artillery in defence, training and command and staff arrangements. In line with the 'learning curve' thesis, the work concludes that despite many setbacks and missed opportunities, by 1918 the Royal Artillery had developed effective and coordinated tactics to overcome the defensive advantages of trench warfare that had mired the Western Front in bloody stalemate for the previous three years.

Author : I. V. Hogg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781908487124
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Artillery Weapons and Ammunition written by I. V. Hogg and published by . This book was released on 2020-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1972, British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914-1918 is the definitive account of British artillery from World War I. It meticulously catalogues all known types of artillery weapons that were in British service at the commencement of WWI and the new machinery that was created for the battlefield during the following four years. In addition, it lists the wide variety of coastal defense weapons and old nineteenth century veteran machines that were wheeled out of retirement in readiness for active service if necessary. The details of ammunition are also covered, including dimensions of cartridge cases and the different ammunition types for each artillery weapon listed. This new edition, featuring previously unpublished photographs and a foreword by Peter Simkins, distinguished historian and professor at the University of Birmingham, will be useful for military historians and weapons collectors alike.

Author : Dale Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782004742
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Artillery 1914–19 written by Dale Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 mountain batteries, almost toy-like in comparison. Between these two extremes lay the bulk of the artillery of the Field Army: the 13-pdr guns of the Royal Horse Artillery, and the 18-pdr guns and 4.5in. howitzers of the Royal Field Artillery batteries.

Author : J. Macartney-Filgate
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1781491534
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the 33rd Divisional Artillery in the War: 1914-1918 written by J. Macartney-Filgate and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 14th January, 1915, a letter from the War Office to the Mayor of Camberwell authorised the recruiting of a brigade of field artillery (156th Brigade R.F.A). The local response was so prompt that further authority was given to raise another brigade in the same neighbourhood, to be designated 162nd Brigade R.F.A. and this was done by mid May. It was then brought to the attention of the WO that a mass of would-be recruits still remained in the Camberwell Borough, enough to complete the whole of the artillery for the 33rd Division, a Kitchener division of the Fourth New Army. The two additional field artillery brigades needed were numbered 166th and 167th (Howitzer), and the divisional ammunition column (33rd D.A.C)was also formed. This book took nearly two years to complete and throughout that time the author maintained the closest collaboration with the official war diaries, personal diaries, letters and experiences of individuals and every sort of reliable information to produce an accurate and complete record of the doings of the batteries in France. An appendix contains a list of the casualties suffered by the divisional artillery (officers by name, other ranks numerically) during the war, another shows all the other divisions supported by 33rd Divisional Artillery, when and where; a third appendix shows the various sectors of the line where the batteries were in action, with dates and official names of the battles in which they were engaged. In the text are twelve tables showing the names of the HQ Staff, brigade commanders, adjutants and battery commanders at various stages of the war.

Author : Andrew Rawson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750958650
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Army 1914-1918 written by Andrew Rawson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide to the British Army during the First World War covers the men who fought for Britain: from the 'Old Contemptibles' – the professionals who stemmed the German advance at the beginning of the war – to the Territorials, the 'Derby Men', Kitchener's 'New Army' and the conscripts who eventually defeated the Kaiser's armies four years later. Andrew Rawson examines the impressive contributions made by the Dominions and the Empire and explores aspects of doctrine, training, communications, strategy and tactics, together with divisional organisations, histories and the roles of the different Arms and Services. He reviews all aspects of the soldier's everyday life – uniforms, equipment, rations, trench life, leave and military discipline – and profiles the commanders and the legacy of the war in art, as well as providing information on cemeteries and places of interest. It is all here, in one book.

Author : Sir Martin Farndale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western front, 1914-18 written by Sir Martin Farndale and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: