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Treatise on Ammunition 1877

Treatise on Ammunition 1877

By Order of the Secretary of State for W.

Paperback

Technology & EngineeringBritish HistoryWeaponry & Vehicles

ISBN10: 1843425327
ISBN13: 9781843425328
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Published: Oct 15 2015
Pages: 404
Weight: 1.24
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
In 1877 the British Army was not engaged in any major campaigns, with only the Zulu Wars and the second Afghan War on the horizon. The Army itself was in a state of change, with the Martini-Henry rifle replacing the Snider rifled musket, and with the slow arrival of breech loading guns for artillery use. This official manual of the ammunition in service in December 1877 is one of a number to be reprinted by Naval and Military Press (others will include the ammunition manual;s for 1915 and 1936, and enemy ammunition in the Second World War). It gives complete details on propellants and fuzes, and the construction and design of shells for artillery use, both for smooth bore and rifled guns. It also includes small arms ammunition and rockets. The importance of this edition of the manual cannot be overemphasised, coming as it does at the very point in time when the rifled weapon was coming in to use, slowly replacing the smooth-bored muzzle-loading weapons of the Napoleonic age. There is a number of colour plates included together with many black and white drawings and tables with complete detail.

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