Download E-books Rapid Fire: The Development of Automatic Cannon, Heavy Machine-Guns and Their Ammunition for Armies, Navies and Air For PDF

This booklet could be crucial studying for all people with an curiosity within the technical elements of army, naval and aviation heritage. it's a entire account of the advance and use of heavy machine-guns, automated cannon and their ammunition. The layout of cartridges and some of the forms of projectiles used is defined, through descriptions and analyses of the different sorts of gun mechanism, their mountings, points of interest, ammunition feeds and different platforms. There aren't any formulae and the technical descriptions are simply understood. the subsequent chapters are considering the historic improvement and use of heavy automated guns for all 3 companies through the global, from the nineteenth century to the current day. there's a specific focus on airplane weapons from 1935 to 1955 (including the plane they have been suited for) as this era observed the main quick and numerous improvement of this kind of weapon. the ultimate bankruptcy appears to the longer term, together with flamable case ammunition and recoilless automated cannon.