Steven J. Zaloga

Railway Guns of World War II (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany's ambitious development programme saw the introduction of a number of new classes, including the world's largest, the 80cm-calibre Schwerer Gustav and Schwerer Dora guns, which weighed in at 1,350 tons and fired a huge 7-ton shell.
This book provides an overview of the types of railway guns in service during World War II, with a special focus on the German railway artillery used in France, Italy and on the Eastern Front, and analyzes why railway guns largely disappeared from use following the end of the war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 48
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472810700
• Artikelnr.: 44874384

Autorenporträt

Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for three decades, covering missile systems and the international arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He currently lives in Maryland, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
French Railway Artillery
Belgian Railway Artillery
German Railway Artillery
Italian Railway Artillery
Soviet Railway Artillery
Finnish Railway Artillery
Japanese Railway Artillery
British Railway Artillery
US Railway Artillery
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index