Sound of the guns : the story of American artillery from the Ancient and Honorable Company to the atom cannon and guided missile

Sound of the guns : the story of American artillery from the Ancient and Honorable Company to the atom cannon and guided missile

Story of American artillery from the Ancient and Honorable Company to the atom cannon and guided missile

New York : David McKay Co., 1956.

337 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

358.10973 D748 1956

(OCoLC)06585004

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-322) and index.
Contents: Storm of a citadel -- Christening of the cannon -- "No artillery better served" -- The rockets and the bombs -- The flying batteries -- Guns of the blue and the gray -- Artillery hell -- Field and Siege piece -- Black powder -- They also served -- Arms and the artilleryman -- Fire power -- Gunnery: art to science -- TOT (time on target) -- Enemy among the guns -- Slingshot to guided missile.
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