The Rifle in War - Couverture souple

Eames, Henry Edgar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1430447613 ISBN 13 : 9781430447610

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

""The Rifle in War"" is a comprehensive guide to the use and history of rifles in warfare, written by Henry Edgar Eames. The book covers a wide range of topics related to rifles, including their development and evolution, the mechanics of firing, and the tactics and strategies used in battle. Eames also discusses the role of rifles in various conflicts throughout history, from the American Revolution to World War I. The book includes detailed descriptions of different types of rifles and their uses, as well as illustrations and diagrams to aid in understanding. Whether you are a history buff or a firearms enthusiast, ""The Rifle in War"" is an informative and engaging read that offers a unique perspective on the evolution of warfare.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

It was so deep and difficult that many of its own officers did not understand it and put the questioning alien off with a wise wave of the hand and an intimation that it could not even be explained. And yet at that very time, the problem of the use of the fire of small arms was much more complicated and as little understood. The artillery experienced a renaissance about twenty years ago and developed from a technical into a tactical arm and Modern Artillery was an accomplished fact. Having but four or six gurffe to handle, they have worked with such skill and understanding upon the problem of the use of those guns that the whole art of war has been all but tumbled over by the efficiency of their fire. One of the foremost of the workers in this fertile fie Jld was Lieutenant General H. Rohne and much of the progress in the artillery world is due to his lucid and remarkable works on that subject. Some ten years ago, this gifted officQT turned his attention to the more complicated and more difficult task of the fire of infantry, and working along lines made familiar through his artillery investigations he devoloped the study of the rifle as we know it to-day. Prior to von Rohne, Parravicino, a brilliant Italian General had begun a series of experiments and had laid a broad foundation upon which General Rohne later was to build the finished structure. After the appearance of von Rohne sfirst books, the French investigators entered the field and added much to the knowledge of the world on the subject, but France had become so wedded to the theory of Woloskoi, a Russian General of renown and an author of several books on the subject of the rifle in war, that although the French investigators produced their full share of the best modern books on the subject, they were not able to influence their own army to the same extent as General Rohne influenced that of German
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1430447613
• ISBN 13: 9781430447610
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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