COMPARED & CONTRASTED ARTILLERY

by Michael E. Haskew

From the field guns of World War I to the anti-aircraft missiles of today. Artillery is a comprehensive guide to cannon, mortars, howitzers, self-propelled guns, anti-tank missiles, and rockets. Beginning with a background on the history of artillery before the twentieth century each chapter then addresses the major periods of recent artillery development, fromt he guns that pounded the trenches in world War I to the weapons of World War II, the Cold War and righ tup tot modern day artillery. all the classic examples of artillery are featured, such as the German '88, the British 25 pounder and the American M109. Many of the pieces described are also accompanied by detailed color profiles. There are also full specifications tables that list caliber, weight, elevation, traverse, muzzle velocity, and maximum range.

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Michael E. Haskew is the editor of WWII History Magazine and the former editor of World War II Magazine . He is the author of a number of books, including The Sniper at War and Order of Battle. Haskew is also the editor of The World War II Desk Reference with the Eisenhower Center for American Studies. He lives in Hixson, Tennessee.

Reviews

[Tony · Rating 1 out of 5]

Awful, almost enticingly so - typos, inaccuracies, misleading statements, mislabelled pictures, lots of incorrect statistics and numbers (quite a few of the imperial/metric conversions are wrong, some comically so).
In dire need of a fact checker and a proofreader.

The basic concept of "compared & contrasted" is good but is done quite badly.
Many of the comparisons make little sense - howitzers with AT guns, common guns with rare ones - and the strengths and weaknesses listed don't make sense within the comparison.
e.g. the 40mm Bofors weakness lists "relatively small calibre" when being compared to a gun of smaller calibre (37mm)...

Avoid.