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• The European artillery heritage
• The American artillery heritage
• War footing
• Hardware
• Firing the big guns
• Projectiles and fuzes
• Batteries, battalions, and regiments
• Union artillery brigades and Confederate artillery battalions
• Soldiering with the big guns
• Artillery horses
• Defensive operations in the field
• Artillery against infantry
• Field artillery and fortifications
• Working toward effectiveness
• After the Civil War

The American Civil War saw the creation of the largest, most potent artillery force ever deployed in a conflict fought in the Western Hemisphere. It was as sizable and powerful as any raised in prior European wars. Moreover, Union and Confederate artillery included the largest number of rifled pieces fielded in any conflagration in the world up to that point. Earl J. Hess's Civil War Field Artillery is the first comprehensive general history of the artillery arm that supported infantry and cavalry in the conflict. Based on deep and expansive research, it serves as an exhaustive examination with abundant new interpretations that reenvision the Civil War's military. Hess explores the major factors that affected artillerists and their work, including the hardware, the organization of artillery power, relationships between artillery officers and other commanders, and the influence of environmental factors on battlefield effectiveness. He also examines the lives of artillerymen, the use of artillery horses, manpower replacement practices, effects of the widespread construction of field fortifications on artillery performance, and the problems of resupplying batteries in the field. In one of his numerous reevalutions, Hess suggests that the early war practice of dispersing guns and assigning them to infantry brigades or divisions did not inhibit the massing of artillery power on the battlefield, and that the concentration system employed during the latter half of the conflict failed to produce a greater concentration of guns. In another break with previous scholarship, he shows that the efficacy of fuzes to explode long-range ordnance proved a problem that neither side was able to resolve during the war. Indeed, cumulative data on the types of projectiles fired in battle show that commanders lessened their use of the new long-range exploding ordnance due to bad fuzes and instead increased their use of solid shot, the oldest artillery projectile in history.
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• Before Cannon
• The Arrival Of Cannon
• The Sixteenth Century
• The Seventeenth Century
• The Eighteenth Century
• Early Nineteenth Century
• Late Nineteenth Century
• The Artillery War
• Interwar Years
• The Second World War
• The Cold War
• After The Cold War.

"A History of Artillery traces the development of artillery through the ages, providing a thorough study of these weapons from its earliest recorded use to recent conflicts"-- Provided by publisher.

The deployment of Autonomous Weapons gives rise to ongoing debate in society and at the United Nations, in the context of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. Yet there little empirical research has been done on this topic. This volume fills that gap by offering an empirical study based on military personnel and civilians working at the Dutch Ministry of Defence. It yields insight into how Autonomous Weapons are perceived by the military and general public; and which moral values are considered important in relation to their deployment. The research approach used is the Value-Sensitive Design (VSD) method that allows for the consideration of human values throughout the design process of technology. The outcome indicates that military personnel and civilians attribute more agency (the capacity to think and plan) to an Autonomous Weapon than to a Human Operated Drone. In addition, it is clear that common ground exists between military and societal groups in their perception of the values of human dignity and anxiety. These two values arise often in the discourse, and addressing them is essential when considering the ethics of the deployment of Autonomous Weapons. The text of this volume is also offered in parallel French and German translation.
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Always at the forefront of Arab states when it came to the development of its armed forces and armament industry, during the 1970s Iraq embarked on an ambitious program of becoming self-sufficient in production of almost all equipment and ammunition necessary for its armed forces. Indeed, during the following decade, many of the related projects became a necessity because of the lengthy and costly war with Iran. The most ambitious - and probably the best-known - such projects were related to the production of ballistic missiles: the efforts resulted in the construction of a factory for production of rocket propellant at Hillah and another for the assembly of ballistic missiles at Fallujah. A direct result emerged in early 1988, when Iraq deployed the al-Hussein ballistic missile (an extended-range variant of the Soviet-made R-17E 'Scud') to strike Tehran in Iran in the course of the so-called 'War of the cities'. However, al-Hussein was far from being the only such project. At the time Iraqi scientists and armament designers including Nassir al-Hindawi, Rihab at-Taha, and Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash were considered some of the best in the world, they became closely involved in cooperating with Brazil, resulting in the development of the Astros 2 (a copy of the Soviet-made Luna-M artillery rocket), and then embarked on the development of such advanced designs as the Liath and Ababil, and a solid-fuel ballistic missile; the al-Samoud 2. Moreover, the Iraqis launched a project to develop indigenous early warning radar aircraft; anti-ballistic missiles; and cooperated with South Africa in the field of development of long-range artillery pieces like the GC-45 (in its GHN-45 variant). Indeed, within Project Babylon, the Iraqis cooperated with prominent Canadian artillery-expert Gerald Bull to develop the so-called 'super gun': a 1000mm artillery piece expected to be able of reaching a range of 750km. Written by one of the Iraqi engineers involved, and richly illustrated, al-Hussein is the first-hand account of these and many other indigenous Iraqi armament projects

• INTRODUCTION I.1. Ammunition types and characteristics of their damaging effect I.2. Generalized characteristics of the damaging effect I.3. Evaluation of the effectiveness of shooting I.4. Self-assessment questions References
• Chapter 1. FRAGMENTATION AMMUNITIONS 1.1. Basic concepts and definitions. General information 1.2. The mechanics of high-speed deformation and destruction of shells under the action of an explosion 1.3. Modeling the processes of explosive fragmentation of shells using standard samples 1.4. Statistical models of the fragment fields and the fragment spectra 1.5. External ballistics of fragments 1.6. Kinds of the damaging effect of fragments 1.7. Laws of targets damage with fragments 1.8. Specified zone of target damage with fragmentation munitions 1.9. Methods for optimizing the parameters of fragmentation munitions 1.10. Vulnerability characteristics of objects to the effect of fragments, determination of safe distances 1.11. Self-assessment questions References
• Chapter 2. AMMUNITIONS WITH SHAPED CHARGES 2.1. Basic concepts and definitions. General information 2.2. Fundamentals of cumulative effects 2.3. Explosion loading of shaped charge liners, their throwing and collapse 2.4. Formation, tension of metal jets and their penetration into targets 2.5. The influence of design parameters and manufacturing technology of shaped charge on the penetration effect 2.6. Influence of the operational conditions of ammunition with shaped charge on their damaging effect 2.7. Formation and effect of explosively formed projectiles 2.8. The effect of ammunition with shaped charges on the armor of modern tanks 2.9. Methods for evaluating the effectiveness of ammunition with shaped charges 2.10. Self-assessment questions References
• Chapter 3. HIGH-EXPLOSIVE AMMUNITIONS 3.1. Basic concepts and definitions. General information 3.2. Parameters of an air shock wave during the explosion of high explosives 3.3. Reflection of shock waves from barriers and flow around barriers 3.4. Determination of parameters of an air shock wave during detonation of fuel-air mixtures 3.5. Evaluation of the damaging effect of shock waves on various objects 3.6. Explosion in water 3.7. Underground explosion 3.8. Self-assessment questions References
• Chapter 4. PENETRATING AMMUNITIONS 4.1. Basic concepts and definitions. General information 4.2. Interaction of impactors with targets 4.3. Formulation of penetration problems and ways to solve them 4.4. Shock with long rods 4.5. Peculiarities of collision with thin targets (screens) 4.6. Self-assessment questions References
• Chapter 5. NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HIGH-SPEED PROCESSES 5.1. Introduction. Basic concepts 5.2. The system of equations of continuum mechanics 5.3. Behavior of materials under intense dynamic loads 5.3.1. Elastic medium 5.3.2 Hydrodynamic model 5.3.3. Elastoplastic, viscoplastic elastoviscoplastic models 5.3.4. Dislocation models 5.4. Numerical methods for solving dynamic problems 5.5. Short introduction to ANSYS AUTODYN 5.6. Numerical modeling examples 5.7. Self-assessment questions References APPENDICES A.1. Combined median errors at artillery shooting after full preparation of the source data A.2. Table of the normalized Laplace function A.3. Basic systems of units and the relationship between them A.4. Properties of high explosives A.5. Shock adiabats of substances References A.6. Bibliography.
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Comprehensive coverage of weapon damage effects on a variety of objects Damaging Effects of Weapons and Ammunition delivers a thorough exploration of a range of issues related to the effects of ammunition and weapons. The book includes coverage of the basic concepts of the theory of efficiency and the physical foundations of the functional and damaging effects of fragments, shaped charges, high-explosive and penetrating weapons. The author discusses the calculation formulas used to evaluation the parameters of damage fields and their interaction with various objects. Additionally, the book expands on the damage criteria of weapons, the characteristics of the vulnerability of objects with respect to a variety of damaging factors, dependencies for assessing safe distances, and the resistance of various structures to the effects of explosion and impact. Damaging Effects of Weapons and Ammunition also offers: Detailed calculation methods indicating areas of application and the necessary units of used quantities Extensive examples of classic designs of ammunition from around the world Discussions of the characterization of various types of ammunition, including high-explosive, fragment, penetrative, and shaped charges A chapter on the numerical simulation of high-speed processes Perfect for technical specialists working in the fields of explosion safety and explosives, Damaging Effects of Weapons and Ammunition also belongs in the libraries of researchers and students studying explosion phenomena, explosive technologies, explosion safety, and materials science.
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• Misiles manpads
• Misiles Chinos HN-5A en Bolivia
• Abuso político-debilitamiento militar

This work tells the full story of the weapons, including fighter-planes, tanks, ships, and guns, that America produced during the war to defeat the Axis powers, and how they were “sold” to those at home through the countless advertisements that appeared in popular magazines. Though well-known companies such as General Motors, Ford, Kelvinator, and B.F. Goodrich, and a whole host of others, could no longer sell their products to consumers, they instead turned their factories towards supplying the Arsenal of Democracy. In order to keep their names in the public spotlight, these companies advertised in great detail the weapons they were building; Cadillac touted its efforts in supplying components for Sherman tanks and P-38 Lightning fighters, Ford no longer built cars in Detroit, but B-24 Liberator bombers and Jeeps, while the home appliance company Kelvinator built aircraft components and flame-throwers. The story behind these advertisements, many of them stunning visuals which are here reproduced in color, is a unique aspect of World War II history that will both surprise and delight

• Introduction.- Stochastic Modelling of the Effect of Anti-Aircraft Gun Disturbances.- Flight Dynamics Model of the Projectile.- Geometric Description of the Three-Dimensional Body of the Attacking Aerial Target.- Formulation and Numerical Solution of the Basic Fire Control Problem.- Computation of the Probability that n Projectiles out of a Burst of N Projectiles will Hit the Aerial Target: One AA Gun.- Computation of Ground Impact Regions and Ground Impact Velocities of Projectiles.- References.- Index.
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• 2.3.1 Velocity Constraints
• 2.4 Turret (Body 6)
• 2.4.1 Electric Motor EMζ0
• 2.5 Anti-Aircraft Gun (Body 7)
• 2.6 Drive System and Differential Gearbox (Body 8)
• 2.6.1 Velocity Constraint
• 2.7 Steering System (Body 9)
• 2.7.1 Geometric Constraints
• 2.7.2 Velocity Constraints
• 2.8 Rotor of the Turret Electric Motor EMγ0 (Body 10)
• 2.8.1 Velocity Constraint
• 2.9 Rotor of the AA Gun Electric Motor EMζ0 (Body 11)
• 2.9.1 Velocity Constraint
• 2.10 Definition of Generalized Co-Ordinates q and Generalized Velocities p
• 2.11 Inertial Azimuth and Elevation Angles of a Vector

• Intro
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Acronyms
• 1 Introduction
• 1.1 Part 1: Kinematics, Dynamics and Nonlinear Control of the Mobile Air Defence System Subject to Holonomic and Nonholonomic Velocity Constraints
• 1.2 Part 2: Performance Evaluation of the Mobile Air Defence System Against an Attacking Aerial Target
• 2 Overview of the Mobile Air Defence System
• 2.1 Multibody System Representation of the Mobile Air Defence System
• 2.2 Vehicle Body (Body 5)
• 2.2.1 Electric Motors EMγ0, EMαs and EMδv
• 2.3 Wheels 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Body 1 to Body 4)

In this book, the author deals with the mathematical modelling, nonlinear control and performance evaluation of a conceptual anti-aircraft gun based mobile air defence system engaging an attacking three-dimensional aerial target. This book is of interest to academic faculty, graduate students and industry professionals working in the fields of mathematical modelling and control, ground vehicles, mobile air defence systems and other related topics.
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• Part I: Peace
• Zing-a-Zing!
• Emergency Mode
• Scientific Spies
• The Wizard
• Section Tuve
• Choice Overload
• Uncanny Days
• Peenemünde
• Don't Slow Down
• Prying Eyes
• Escalation
• Part II: War
• Ready or Not
• No Alibis
• Dr. Jones's Raid
• The Garage
• Three Runs, Three Hits
• Into the Fleet
• New Tricks
• Cherry Stone
• A London Fuse
• AMNIARIX
• Part III: Victory
• Ski Shapes
• Ranch Country
• Chemical Boys
• Things Carried
• Wachtel is Hiding
• A Comet Gone Wrong
• "Turkey Shoot"
• Ack Ack Girls
• A Cold Winter
• Tug of War
• Downtime

"The riveting story of the American scientists, tinkerers, and nerds who solved one of the biggest puzzles of World War II-and developed one of the most powerful weapons of the war."-- Provided by publisher

• Les canons du moyen âge
• Les premiers canons (1325-1425)
• Le tryptique bombarde-veuglaire-couleuvrine (1425-1465)
• Les canons de la renaissance
• La mise au point du canon moderne (1465-1510)
• La slandardisation du canon moderne (1510-isso)
• Les usages militaires du canon
• La guerre de siège
• L'artillerie en campagne
• L'artillerie embarquée.

"En deux siècles, du début de la guerre de Cent ans jusqu'aux guerres d'Italie, le canon transforme radicalement l'art militaire et change le cours de l'histoire des États européens. Des premiers tonnoires, tout juste bons à projeter des traits incendiaires, jusqu'aux canons de batteries à boulet de fer, pulvérisant en quelques heures des murs de plusieurs mètres d'épaisseur, l'histoire du canon au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance est riche, variée, bien loin de l'image d'Épinal des bombardes démesurées et inefficaces. Renouvelant l'histoire de l'artillerie médiévale, cet ouvrage identifie les étapes de cette évolution, démêle les pièges d'un vocabulaire foisonnant (qui n'est pas le même, par exemple, pour l'artillerie royale française et l'artillerie ducale bourguignonne), montre l'impact de la nouvelle arme sur la guerre de siège, la guerre en campagne et la guerre sur mer. Cette clarification sera précieuse aux historiens de l'architecture, cherchant à comprendre l'évolution de la fortification de transition, aux historiens de l'État, voulant mesurer l'enjeu de la nouvelle arme pour les structures administratives des États modernes en cours de constitution, et, de manière générale, pour tous les passionnés d'histoire du Moyen Âge ou de la Renaissance."--Page 4 of cover.

• The fate of the earth
• The abolition
• The unconquerable world

"From the Vietnam era to the war on terror, Jonathan Schell (1943-2014) produced a body of work as brave, humane, and consequential as any in the history of American journalism. His legacy rests especially on three books about the threat of nuclear weapons--'the gravest danger of our age'--and the changing nature of modern warfare. On the 75th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Library of America brings together these essential works in one volume for the first time."--From jacket
Fate of the Earth: When Jonathan Schell heard all that loose talk about attainment of objectives in a limited nuclear war, it was too much for him. He did what all of us would like to do: he wrote a book. It's very pessimistic. The mere presence of all those weapons is enough to ensure that sometime, somewhere, someone is going to set one off. Schell makes sure all of us know the horrendous possibilities of a nuclear exchange & all the reasons for bringing such possibilities to a halt. Everyone agrees. The question is, how do we get these monsters under control?
Abolition: Provides a lucid analysis of the issues that need to be resolved and the steps that need to be taken to eliminate the possibility of nuclear war
Unconquerable world: At times of global crisis, Jonathan Schell's writings have offered important alternatives to conventional thinking. Now, as conflict escalates around the world, Schell gives us an impassioned, provocative book that points the way out of the unparalleled devastation of the twentieth century toward another, more peaceful path. Tracing the expansion of violence to its culmination in nuclear stalemate, Schell uncovers a simultaneous but little-noted history of nonviolent action at every level of political life. His investigation ranges from the revolutions of America, France, and Russia, to the people's wars of China and Vietnam, to the great nonviolent events of modern times-including Gandhi's independence movement in India and the explosion of civic activity that brought about the surprising collapse of the Soviet Union. Suggesting foundations of an entirely new kind on which to construct an enduring peace, The Unconquerable World is a bold book of sweeping significance