The History of Artillery (Paperback)

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Edité par Ephyia Publishing, 2026

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Paperback. From the creaking timbers of ancient trebuchets to the whisper-quiet guidance of GPS-driven shells, this book charts the full sweep of artillery's evolution. Readers will walk through every major era, seeing how humanity's desire to strike from a distance drove relentless innovation in materials, chemistry, and engineering. The narrative makes clear that artillery is not just a collection of guns but a story of technological breakthroughs that reshaped the very nature of war. The journey begins in the alchemists' workshops of Tang and Song China, where the accidental discovery of gunpowder lit the fuse for centuries of change. You will learn how early weapons like fire lances, thunderclap bombs, and primitive rockets emerged from those experiments, and how Chinese dynasties turned incendiary powder into the first true cannons. The text details the spread of this knowledge across Asia-Mongol conquests, Javanese foundries, Korean hwacha rockets-showing how diverse cultures adapted and improved the technology long before it reached Europe. From there, the book follows gunpowder westward, tracing the slow diffusion through the Islamic world and into medieval Europe. You will witness the birth of hand cannons, the rise of monstrous bombards that shattered Constantinople's walls, and the gradual refinement of cannon design that produced the "classic" bronze gun. Chapters on naval artillery reveal how gunpowder turned sea battles into long-range duels, while the section on bastion forts explains how engineers reinvented defense to counter the new threat, setting the stage for centuries of siegecraft innovation. The industrial age brought a quantum leap: rifling, breech-loading, and the Armstrong gun unlocked unprecedented range and accuracy. You will explore how these advances played out in the American Civil War, the birth of indirect fire in the late-19th century, and the horrifying dominance of artillery in World War I's trench warfare. The narrative continues into World War II, where mechanization, self-propelled guns, proximity fuzes, and rocket systems transformed artillery into a mobile, lethal arm of combined-arms warfare. Finally, the book brings the story to the present and beyond. Readers will discover the precision revolution-guided munitions like Excalibur and GMLRS, networked fire control, and sensor-fuzed submunitions-that turned artillery from an area weapon into a precise scalpel. The concluding chapters examine emerging technologies such as hypersonic projectiles, railguns, directed energy, and autonomous systems, revealing how the quest for ever-greater reach, speed, and accuracy continues to shape the future of firepower. By the end, you will have a deep, global understanding of how artillery has evolved, why it matters on the battlefield, and what the next generation of long-range weapons might look like. From ancient trebuchets to GPS-guided shells, this book traces artillery's evolution across cultures and eras, showing how technological breakthroughs reshaped warfare. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
The History of Artillery (Paperback)
Auteur
Thaddeus Grey
Éditeur
Ephyia Publishing
Année de publication
2026
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9798256039554

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