Superguns 1854–1991

Extreme artillery from the Paris Gun and the V-3 to Iraq's Project Babylon

Nonfiction, History, Military, Other
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Author: Steven J. Zaloga ISBN: 9781472826091
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: December 27, 2018
Imprint: Osprey Publishing Language: English
Author: Steven J. Zaloga
ISBN: 9781472826091
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: December 27, 2018
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Language: English

Over the last 150 years, gun designers have sought to transform warfare with artillery of superlative range and power, from William Armstrong's 19th-century "monster guns†? to the latest research into hypersonic electro-magnetic railguns.

Taking a case study approach, Superguns explains the technology and role of the finest monster weapons of each era. It looks at the 1918 "Wilhelm Gun,†? designed to shell Paris from behind the German trenches; the World War II "V-3†? gun built to bombard London across the Channel; the Cold War atomic cannons of the US and Soviet Union; and the story of Dr Gerald Bull's HARP program and the Iraqi "Supergun†? he designed for Saddam Hussein. Illustrated throughout, this is an authoritative history of the greatest and most ambitious artillery pieces of all time.

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Over the last 150 years, gun designers have sought to transform warfare with artillery of superlative range and power, from William Armstrong's 19th-century "monster guns†? to the latest research into hypersonic electro-magnetic railguns.

Taking a case study approach, Superguns explains the technology and role of the finest monster weapons of each era. It looks at the 1918 "Wilhelm Gun,†? designed to shell Paris from behind the German trenches; the World War II "V-3†? gun built to bombard London across the Channel; the Cold War atomic cannons of the US and Soviet Union; and the story of Dr Gerald Bull's HARP program and the Iraqi "Supergun†? he designed for Saddam Hussein. Illustrated throughout, this is an authoritative history of the greatest and most ambitious artillery pieces of all time.

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