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British Artillery 1914-19: Heavy Artillery (New Vanguard)

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Heavy Artillery covers the pre-war modernization and organization of the British siege guns, balanced against the reality of war time deployment in a landscape decidedly ill-suited to moving and emplacing such massive equipment. Attention is given to the practical problems of logistics with limited mechanization and long range fire control from hidden batteries in the days before practical radios.

Short individual sections detail the base gun models, including railway mountings, and the modifications to improve range, mobility, and terminal effect.

The excellent color plates give a close-up look at several guns and mountings with a two page spread on the 9.2 inch howitzer, and one can barely imagine the smoke and noise of firing these massive artillery pieces under the constant threat of German counter battery shells.


Both this volume, British Artillery 1914-19: Heavy Artillery, and British Artillery 1914-19: Field Army Artillery make excellent companions to Allied Artillery of World War 1, 1-86126-712-6

A very nice little book that is a useful reference. I find this useful when reading other books on the Western Front, the Somme or Flanders. You read about the "heavies" and now you can put a picture to the discription.