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Tank Gun Systems - The First Thirty Years, 1916 1945: A Technical Examination (Hardcover)
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Tank Gun Systems - The First Thirty Years, 1916 1945: A Technical Examination (Hardcover)
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Much has been written about the use of tanks in battle. Little,
however, has appeared about the gunnery systems that are at their
core. This book describes and examines the main gun systems of
medium and heavy tanks from first use in 1916 in World War I to
those fielded in numbers to the end of World War II in 1945,
including tanks of the interwar period. Specifically considered are
guns of a calibre greater than 35 mm, which have been deployed in
numbers greater than 100\. The emphasis is on guns mounted in
turrets on heavier tracked armoured fighting vehicles (greater than
15 tonnes) which were considered tanks. There are, though,
exceptions, in that the naval 6 pounder guns in First World War
British tanks, as well as the 75 mm guns in French medium tanks of
the same period (all turretless) are included. The treatment of gun
systems includes sighting and fire control equipment, gun laying
equipment, mounts and the array of munitions fired, as well as the
actual gun, including its, barrel, cradle, breech, firing
mechanism, sights and recoil system. Related to this are issues of
gun handling (loading and unloading), ammunition design and rates
of fire. Also examined are the maximum impulse and energy generated
by firing some of the munitions available that must be absorbed by
the gun recoil system.
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