Springfield Armory Shoulder Weapons 1795 1968

Author : Robert W. D. Ball
Publisher : Antique Trader
ISBN 13 : 9780930625740
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Springfield Armory Shoulder Weapons, 1795-1968 written by Robert W. D. Ball and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive reference featuring over 800 colour photographs - never before published in a single volume - including a well-researched history of the Armoury, as well as each of the shoulder weapons made there. Descriptions include conversion processes and the advent of new technologies, along with each weapon's operating characteristics, specification, and marks. This is the first book to comprehensively cover nearly two centuries of an American institution that saw the nation through its most trying moments on the battlefield, beginning with the American revolution and continuing through the Civil War, two World Wars, and conflict in Korea and Vietnam.

Author : Kent W. Johns
Publisher : Man At Arms Bookshelf
ISBN 13 : 9781931464697
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Springfield Armory Infantry Muskets 1795 To 1844 written by Kent W. Johns and published by Man At Arms Bookshelf. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440867283
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Weapons and Warfare [2 volumes] written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work covers major weapons throughout human history, beginning with clubs and maces; through crossbows, swords, and gunpowder; up to the hypersonic railgun, lasers, and robotic weapons under development today. Weapons and Warfare is designed to provide students with a comprehensive and highly informative overview of weapons and their impact on the course of human history. In addition to providing basic factual information, this encyclopedia will delve into the greater historical context and significance of each weapon. The chronological organization by time period will enable readers to fully understand the evolution of weapons throughout history. The work begins with a foreword by a top scholar and a detailed introductory essay by the editor that provides an illuminating historical overview of weapons. It then offers entries on more than 650 individual weapons systems. Each entry has sources for further reading. The weapons are presented alphabetically within six time periods, ranging from the prehistoric and ancient periods to the contemporary period. Each period has its own introduction that treats the major trends occurring in that era. In addition, 50 sidebars offer fascinating facts on various weapons. Numerous illustrations throughout the text are also included.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598845292
Total Pages : 1044 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Civil War [2 volumes] written by Spencer C. Tucker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume encyclopedia offers a unique insight into the Civil War from a state and local perspective, showing how the American experience of the conflict varied significantly based on location. Intended for general-interest readers and high school and college students, American Civil War: A State-by-State Encyclopedia serves as a unique ready reference that documents the important contributions of each individual state to the American Civil War and underscores the similarities and differences between the states, both in the North and the South. Each state chapter leads off with an overview essay about that state's involvement in the war and then presents entries on prominent population centers, manufacturing facilities, and military posts within each state; important battles or other notable events that occurred within that state during the war; and key individuals from each state, both civilian and military. The A–Z entries within each state chapter enable readers to understand how the specific contributions and political climate of states resulted in the very different situations each state found itself in throughout the war. The set also provides a detailed chronology that will help students place important events in proper order.

Author : George D. Moller
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826349994
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume II written by George D. Moller and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New data surrounding the procurement and modifications of arms produced by the national armories, and under federal contract procured by the individual states and by individual members of militias, is presented here for the first time. This information, interwoven with military, political, economic, and social factors, results in new and better definitions and a clearer understanding of the arms’ historical context. Though this work focuses on military flintlock shoulder arms, details on the federal government’s procurement of arms for Indians during rapidly changing military policies of the period is also included. American Military Shoulder Arms, Volume II, contains more than three hundred photographs. As with the previous volume, Volume II is written primarily for students of arms, but also contains material of interest to historians, museum specialists, collectors, and dealers of antique arms.

Author : Thomas K. Tate
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1463476876
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Under Iron Eyelids written by Thomas K. Tate and published by Author House. This book was released on 2005-05-11 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief the Minie ball was not used by either side during America’s Civil War. Instead infantry soldiers fired the Harpers Ferry bullet, a hollow based, cylindro-conical bullet designed by acting master armorer James Henry Burton. His reward was to be driven from his position by partisan politics and into the lap of Great Britain where he helped to establish the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield. Based heavily on Burton’s own papers, this book explains the problems and solutions to the armory production of small arms. A complete inventory of machine tools used to manufacture the Springfield rifled musket is listed in an appendix along with details and diagrams of three patents awarded to Burton.

Author : Leroy Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849086222
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The M1 Garand written by Leroy Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt that the distinctive “twang” as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider it one of the key reasons they survived the war.

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Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Springfield Muzzle-loading Shoulder Arms written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Barton C. Hacker
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1935623923
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Astride Two Worlds written by Barton C. Hacker and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the middle of the nineteenth century, industrialization and military-technological innovation were beginning to alter drastically the character and conditions of warfare as it had been conducted for centuries. Occurring in the midst of these far-reaching changes, the American Civil War can justly be labeled both the last great preindustrial war and the first major war of the industrial age. Industrial capacity attained new levels of military significance as transportation improved, but in this, as in many other respects, the Civil War was distinctly transitional. Smoothbore artillery still dominated the battlefield, horse-drawn wagons and pack mules still carried the main logistic burden, seamstresses still outnumbered sewing-machine operators. Astride Two Worlds addresses the various causes and consequences of technological change for the course and outcome of the American Civil War.

Author : James C. Bradford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135950334
Total Pages : 3109 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Military History written by James C. Bradford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 3109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its impressive breadth of coverage – both geographically and chronologically – the International Encyclopedia of Military History is the most up-to-date and inclusive A-Z resource on military history. From uniforms and military insignia worn by combatants to the brilliant military leaders and tacticians who commanded them, the campaigns and wars to the weapons and equipment used in them, this international and multi-cultural two-volume set is an accessible resource combining the latest scholarship in the field with a world perspective on military history.